Nanjing regime of Southern Ming
E311848
The Nanjing regime of Southern Ming was a short-lived loyalist Chinese court established in Nanjing after the Ming dynasty’s fall, attempting to continue Ming rule in the face of Qing conquest.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Southern Ming court | 3 |
| Ming successor regime | 1 |
| Nanjing court of the Southern Ming | 1 |
| Nanjing regime of Southern Ming canonical | 1 |
| Southern Ming imperial court | 1 |
| Southern Ming regime in Nanjing | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2944986 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Nanjing regime of Southern Ming Context triple: [Hongguang Emperor, eraLocation, Nanjing regime of Southern Ming]
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A.
Kingdom of Tungning
The Kingdom of Tungning was a 17th-century Chinese exile regime established by Koxinga on Taiwan, serving as a Ming loyalist stronghold against the Qing dynasty.
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B.
Taiping
Taiping is a historic town in the Malaysian state of Perak, known for its colonial-era architecture, lush lake gardens, and high annual rainfall.
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C.
Ming dynasty
The Ming dynasty was a Chinese imperial dynasty (1368–1644) known for its strong centralized government, flourishing arts and literature, maritime expeditions, and the construction and restoration of major works like the Great Wall and the Forbidden City.
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D.
Later Liang
Later Liang was the short-lived Chinese dynasty that succeeded the Tang and marked the beginning of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.
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E.
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was a massive mid-19th-century Chinese rebel state and millenarian theocracy that waged the devastating Taiping Rebellion against the Qing dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Nanjing regime of Southern Ming Target entity description: The Nanjing regime of Southern Ming was a short-lived loyalist Chinese court established in Nanjing after the Ming dynasty’s fall, attempting to continue Ming rule in the face of Qing conquest.
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A.
Kingdom of Tungning
The Kingdom of Tungning was a 17th-century Chinese exile regime established by Koxinga on Taiwan, serving as a Ming loyalist stronghold against the Qing dynasty.
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B.
Taiping
Taiping is a historic town in the Malaysian state of Perak, known for its colonial-era architecture, lush lake gardens, and high annual rainfall.
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C.
Ming dynasty
The Ming dynasty was a Chinese imperial dynasty (1368–1644) known for its strong centralized government, flourishing arts and literature, maritime expeditions, and the construction and restoration of major works like the Great Wall and the Forbidden City.
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D.
Later Liang
Later Liang was the short-lived Chinese dynasty that succeeded the Tang and marked the beginning of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.
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E.
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was a massive mid-19th-century Chinese rebel state and millenarian theocracy that waged the devastating Taiping Rebellion against the Qing dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese government
ⓘ
Ming loyalist regime ⓘ Southern Ming regime ⓘ short-lived regime ⓘ |
| capital | Nanjing ⓘ |
| claimedLegitimacyFrom | Ming dynasty ⓘ |
| claimedToRule | All under Heaven ⓘ |
| conflict |
Ming–Qing wars
ⓘ
surface form:
Ming–Qing transition wars
|
| country | Southern Ming ⓘ |
| currency | Ming coinage ⓘ |
| duration | about one year ⓘ |
| endCause | Qing conquest of Nanjing ⓘ |
| endYear | 1645 ⓘ |
| eraName |
Hongguang Emperor
ⓘ
surface form:
Hongguang
|
| establishedBy | Hongguang Emperor ⓘ |
| event | continued resistance to Qing conquest ⓘ |
| fellTo |
Qing army
ⓘ
surface form:
Qing forces
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| follows | Ming dynasty ⓘ |
| governmentType |
imperial court
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monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Southern Ming
ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Ming period
transition from Ming to Qing ⓘ |
| ideology |
Confucian monarchy
ⓘ
Southern Ming ⓘ
surface form:
Ming loyalism
|
| locatedIn |
China
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Jiangnan ⓘ Nanjing ⓘ |
| maintainedInstitution |
Ming bureaucracy
ⓘ
civil service examination system ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Qing army
ⓘ
surface form:
Manchu forces
Qing dynasty ⓘ |
| partOf | Southern Ming ⓘ |
| precededBy | Ming dynasty ⓘ |
| purpose | to continue Ming rule after the fall of Beijing ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
Nanjing regime of Southern Ming
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Ming successor regime
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| regionControlled |
Grand Canal region
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surface form:
Jiangnan economic center
lower Yangtze region ⓘ |
| religion | state Confucianism ⓘ |
| ruler | Hongguang Emperor ⓘ |
| rulerTitle | Emperor of the Ming ⓘ |
| significance | first major Southern Ming court after the fall of Beijing ⓘ |
| startYear | 1644 ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Qing rule in Jiangnan ⓘ |
| usedCalendar | Ming calendar ⓘ |
| usedLanguage |
Classical Chinese
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Mandarin Chinese ⓘ |
| usedScript | Chinese characters ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Nanjing regime of Southern Ming Description of subject: The Nanjing regime of Southern Ming was a short-lived loyalist Chinese court established in Nanjing after the Ming dynasty’s fall, attempting to continue Ming rule in the face of Qing conquest.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.