Yu Qian

Yu Ch'ien (Pinyin: Yu Qian, Chinese: ??) (1398-1457) was a Chinese defense minister of the Ming dynasty.

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He is best known for saving China when the Zhengtong Emperor (1427?1464) fought the Mongol leader Esen in 1449 and was taken prisoner. The Mongol armies came within 80 km of the capital of Peking (now Beijing), but Yu Ch'ien took control of the army and managed to repel the assault. He is considered by many to be a Chinese hero.

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Pinyin: Pinyin (??, p?ny?n) literally means "join (together) sounds" (a less literal translation being "phoneticize", "spell" or "transcription") in Chinese and usually refers to H?ny? P?ny?n (????, literal meaning: "Han language pinyin"), which is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcripti...

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Ming dynasty: The Ming Dynasty was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644. It was the last ethnic Han dynasty in China, supplanting the Mongol Yuan Dynasty before falling to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty () was also called The Great Ming Empire (大明帝国). Though the Min...

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