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Li Zicheng was a native of Shaanxi who led a rebellion against the Ming. His homeland had been under Yuan rule in 1337.

Li rose among the peasant armies and founded Great Shun at Xi’an in 1644. His troops captured Beijing that April, ending Ming rule in the capital, but Wu Sangui and the Qing prince Dorgon defeated him at Shanhai Pass in May. Li abandoned Beijing and died in 1645; his remnants joined the Southern Ming, and his nephew Li Guo died in 1649.