Ming Yuzhen

Ming Yuzhen (1328–1366) was a Red Turban rebel who founded the Xia state in Sichuan during the Yuan collapse. He joined Xu Shouhui's Tianwan Red Turban army around 1352.

In 1357 he led troops into Sichuan through the Wu Gorges, seized Chongqing, and subdued Yuan forces across Sichuan. After Chen Youliang killed Xu in 1360, Ming refused allegiance, took the title King of Longshu in 1361, and in 1363 enthroned himself in Chongqing as emperor of Great Xia. On his death in 1366 his son Ming Sheng succeeded; Xia fell to the Ming in 1371.