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Was the Revolt of the Three Feudatories an Ethnic War? - The Revolt of the Three Feudatories | Sleepy Facts About History
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In 1644, the Ming general Wu Sangui opened the gates at Shanhai Pass, allowing Manchu armies to sweep into China and establish the Qing dynasty. Nearly thirty years later, that same general launched a devastating rebellion against the empire he had helped create. This episode explores the Revolt of the Three Feudatories, a brutal eight-year conflict that determined whether the Qing would survive as a unified imperial state or fracture back into regional warlordism.
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