King Eimei

Japanese: 永明王 - えいめいおう

1625‐62
One of the surviving kings of the Southern Ming Dynasty in China. Reigned 1647-62. Also known as King Gui and Emperor Yongli. His given name was Zhu Youlang. He was the grandson of Emperor Shenzong, and his father was King Gui Zhu Changying. When the peasant rebel Zhang Xianzhong attacked Hengzhou (Hunan Province), he fled to Guangxi, and succeeded him as King Gui after his father's death. Later, when the Tang king was captured by the Qing army in Fuzhou (Fujian Province), he was supported in Zhaoqing (Guangdong Province) by Ding Kuichu and Qushiqi (1590-1650), and established the Yongli and Yuan Dynasties. The brave fighting of Qushiqi and Li Dingguo temporarily restored the strength of the anti-Qing movement, but he eventually fled to Burma (present-day Myanmar), where he was captured by the Burmese and handed over to the Qing army led by Wu Sangui, where he was killed.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1625‐62
中国，南明の遺王の一人。在位1647‐62年。桂王また永暦帝とも称する。姓名は朱由榔（しゆゆうろう）。神宗の孫で，父は桂王朱常瀛（じようえい）。農民反乱軍の張献忠が衡州(湖南省)を攻めたとき広西へ逃れ，父の死後，桂王をついだ。のち唐王が福州(福建省)で清軍に捕らえられると，丁魁楚，瞿式耜（くしきし）(1590‐1650)らによって肇慶(広東省)に擁立され，永暦と建元した。瞿式耜や李定国の勇戦で一時反清運動は勢力を盛りかえしたが，やがてビルマ(現ミャンマー)に逃れ，ビルマ人に捕らえられ，呉三桂率いる清軍に引き渡され殺された。

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