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Wu Xiang (Chinese: 吳襄; pinyin: Wú Xiāng; died 1644) was a general of the Ming dynasty and the father of Wu Sangui.

Biography

He was reprimanded by the Ming court in the 1630s for failing to join the fight against Nurhaci. The ruling forces of the short-lived Shun dynasty of late Imperial China took over his house, and Li Zicheng executed him. This contributed to the Wu Sangui's decision to oppose that regime, which hastened the downfall of the already crumbling Ming dynasty.

See also

• Zu Dashou

References

1. Crossley, Pamela Kyle (1999). A Translucent Mirror: History and Identity in Qing Imperial Ideology. University of California Press. p. 106. ISBN 0-520-23424-3.
2. Peterson, Barbara Bennett (2000). Notable Women of China: Shang Dynasty to the Early Twentieth Century. M.E. Sharpe. p. 332. ISBN 0-7656-0504-X.
3. Forges, Roger (2003). Cultural Centrality and Political Change in Chinese History: Northeast Henan. California: Stanford University Press. p. 307. ISBN 0-8047-4044-5.

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