Zhang Xianzhong (張獻忠)

Overview

Zhang Xianzhong was a rebel Leader.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1647 張獻忠初滅
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 253, passage 170

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 253Volume 253 Biographies 40: Mo Luo, Chen Fu, Wang Zhiding, Li Xingyuan, Chen Qitai, Chen Danchi, Ye Yingliu · 1 passage

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時張獻忠初滅，蜀東尚淪於賊，徵師四集，丹赤給餉不乏。 Zhang Xianzhong had just been destroyed, eastern Sichuan was still overrun, and expeditionary armies gathered on all sides, yet Danchi kept provisions flowing without fail.