Shùn

Shun was a short-lived Chinese dynasty founded by the rebel leader Li Zicheng. Its roots lay in Shaanxi, which had been part of Yuan China in 1337.

Li established Shun at Xi'an in 1644 and captured Beijing that April, ending Ming rule in the capital. In May the armies of Qing prince Dorgon and Ming general Wu Sangui defeated him at Shanhai Pass. Li abandoned Beijing and died in 1645; Shun remnants joined the Southern Ming, and one of their leaders, Li Guo, died in 1649.