Xià

Xia was a rebel state based at Chongqing in Sichuan, founded by Ming Yuzhen, a general of the Red Turban state of Tianwan. Ming was born in Suizhou in 1328.

Ming captured Chongqing in 1357 and refused submission after Chen Youliang killed Tianwan's ruler in 1360. He became emperor in 1363, when his forces failed to conquer Yunnan. After Ming died in 1366, his young son Ming Sheng surrendered to the Ming in 1371 and was exiled to Korea in 1372.