Li Yongfang

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Li Yongfang

Chinese commander

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…was captured when its commander, Li Yongfang, defected to the Manchu side. This defection was possible only because the Chinese official saw in the Manchu system the opportunity of serving a Manchu ruler without abandoning his Chinese cultural and political experience. He was only the first of a number of…
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…was captured when its commander, Li Yongfang, defected to the Manchu side. This defection was possible only because the Chinese official saw in the Manchu system the opportunity of serving a Manchu ruler without abandoning his Chinese cultural and political experience. He was only the first of a number of…
Read More