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Auction: CSS86B - The Prestigious Academic Reference Collection Of The Late Dr Werner Burger - Part 2
Lot: 1144

China: Qing Dynasty - Revolt of the Three Feudatories, Zhao Wu Tong Bao, group of 11 coins consisting of: 1 cash: different varieties such as seal script (1); normal script, rev: 'Gong' (3); normal script, plain reverse (1) and normal script, Manchu on reverse (4),
1 fen, seal script (2), weighing 9.0g and 9.5g, the two 1 fen coins graded Zhong Qian Genuine, the rest fine to extremely fine. Wu San Gui, ever infamous in Chinese history as the Ming general who opened Shan Hai Guan, a key fortress in the Great Wall, to Qing forces and greatly eased their conquest of the Ming Empire. He was rewarded with the title Ping Xi Wang (King Who Pacifies the West) and a fief of his own in Yunnan. The heavy financial burden of this post and two others similar, as well as the intrinsic distrust of the Qing Government, led to the decision by Emperor Kangxi to end these semi-autonomous regions and to allow the Three Feudatories resettle in Manchuria. Driven by self interesat and preservation the Three Feudatories revolted and began an eight year long civil war. The campaign intially went well for the rebels but began to turn against them in 1676. In an act of desperation, Wu San Gui declared himself to the be Emperor Zhao Wu with the state name of Great Zhou. He died in 1678 and was succeeded by his grandson Wu Shi Fan who continued the struggle until 1681 when Great Zhou's army was defeated. Wu Shi Fan committed suicide and his head was sent to Beijing. Wu San Gui's corpse was cut into pieces and sent to various parts of China. Dr. Werner Burger Collection. (11) [311-314, 316]


清朝三藩之亂昭武通寶一組11枚，包括小平9枚，一分2枚，一分中乾評真品，其餘F至EF，吳三桂是中國歷史上臭名昭著的明朝將軍，他向清軍打開了長城中的重要堡壘山海關，加速明朝的滅亡。清廷冊封吳三桂為平西王，並在雲南擁有自己的封地。但三藩耗財極深，以及清政府對藩王的不信任，致使康熙帝決定結束這些半自治地區，並允許三藩在滿洲重新定居。三藩為保全私利決定起義，開始了長達八年的內戰。這場動亂最初藩軍佔上風，但在 1676 年開始軍力不繼。吳三桂自立為昭武帝，國號周，其後於1678年去世，由孫兒吳世璠繼任，他繼續鬥爭，直到1681年吳周的軍隊被打敗，吳世璠自殺，人頭被送往北京，吳三桂的屍體被肢解，運往中國各地

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