张献忠

張獻忠

Zhāng Xiànzhōng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Zhang Xianzhong, late-Ming peasant rebel leader who founded the short-lived Daxi regime in Sichuan

About Zhang Xianzhong

1606–1647 · 历史人物 historical figure

Peasant rebel of the late Ming who took Chengdu in 1644 and declared his own 大西 state before Qing forces killed him. Sichuan lore blames him for huge loss of life, and silver from his sunken boats has been dug from the Min River since 2017.

Also called 八大王、敬轩

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

张献忠是明末农民起义的领袖之一。

Zhāng Xiànzhōng shì Míng mò nóngmín qǐyì de lǐngxiù zhīyī.

Zhang Xianzhong was one of the leaders of the late-Ming peasant uprisings.

HSK 7-9

张献忠在四川建立了大西政权。

Zhāng Xiànzhōng zài Sìchuān jiànlì le Dà xī zhèngquán.

Zhang Xianzhong established the Daxi regime in Sichuan.

Tips

history

Sichuan, emptied by his wars and those after them, was refilled by settlers, many from Huguang (today's Hubei and Hunan): a movement still called 湖广填四川, 'Huguang fills Sichuan'. By the 1720s most people in Sichuan were reportedly newcomers or their children.

culture

Legend says he set up a 七杀碑, 'Seven Kills Stele', ending with 杀 'kill' carved seven times. A stele found in 1934 and thought to be the one has no such line, so the story is probably a later invention.

Stroke Order

张 zhāng

献 xiàn

忠 zhōng

张献忠