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A loyal subject in the late Ming Dynasty, China. Born in Xiangfu, Henan (Kaifeng). His pen name was Xianzhi. His title was Dorin. His posthumous name was Zhongjing, later changed to Zhongzheng. He was a Jinshi in 1628. When he entered the Qing Dynasty, he was Minister of War in Nanjing. After the death of Emperor Chongzhen, Emperor Hongguang (Fu King) ascended to the throne in Nanjing, but Ma Shiying disliked Shi Kefa's handling of national affairs and sent him away to Yangzhou. Shi Kefa led the four powerful forces of Jiangbei (Liu Zeqing, Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo, and Huang Degong) in an attempt to stop the Qing army from advancing south, but the Nanjing imperial court did not send any military supplies, and the four forces fought among themselves and failed. Prince Rui of the Qing Dorgon sent a letter to Shi Kefa urging him to surrender, but Shi Kefa countered, claiming that Emperor Hongguang was the legitimate monarch, and was captured and killed when Yangzhou fell in May 45. There is a record of this in the "Shi Zhongzhenggongshu."

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Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

中国、明(みん)末の忠臣。河南祥符(しょうふ)（開封(かいほう)）の人。字(あざな)は憲之(けんし)。号は道鄰(どうりん)。諡(おくりな)は忠靖(ちゅうせい)、のち忠正と改められた。1628年進士。清(しん)の入関時、南京(ナンキン)兵部尚書。崇禎帝(すうていてい)の死後、南京では弘光帝（福王）が即位したが、馬士英(ばしえい)は史可法の国政担当を嫌い揚州に遠ざけた。史可法は江北の四強（劉沢清(りゅうたくせい)、高傑、劉良佐、黄得功(こうとくこう)）を統率して清軍の南下を食い止めようとしたが、南京朝廷は兵糧を送らず、四強も互いに争い失敗に終わった。清の睿(えい)親王ドルゴンは史可法に書を送り降伏を勧めたが、史可法は弘光帝こそが正統な君主であると反論、45年5月揚州陥落時に捕らえられて殺された。『史忠正公集』がある。

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