The Tragic Struggle of the Last Southern Ming Emperor

Zhu Youlang, the Yongli Emperor, was the fourth and final ruler of the Southern Ming dynasty. Raised to the throne in 1646 amidst the Qing invasion, he led a precarious resistance alongside loyalist generals like Li Dingguo and Koxinga. As Qing forces relentlessly advanced, he retreated to Yunnan and eventually fled to Burma, where he was captured by Wu Sangui and executed in Kunming in 1662.

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