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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TuckHard, post: 5384121, member: 102653&quot;]I probably don&#039;t understand the history behind this coin enough to call him an idiot, but from what I can tell Wu Shifan is known for leading the remnants of a dwindling revolt and eventually dying at the hands of the Qing forces at his kingdom&#039;s last stronghold. He is the grandson of Wu Sangui who is today remembered as China&#039;s most notorious traitor (rivalled perhaps by Wang Jingwei who turned on his party during the Chinese Civil War and aided the invading Japanese during WWII). Wu Sangui is known for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolt_of_the_Three_Feudatories" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolt_of_the_Three_Feudatories" rel="nofollow">turning against both the Ming and Qing Dynasties</a> before founding his own, failed Zhou Dynasty. So, I think it&#039;s fair to call Wu Shifan an idiot for taking over a failing, traitorous uprising before being crushed, and killed, by the Qing only three years later. But again, I don&#039;t know much about Chinese history beyond basic Wikipedia summaries so feel free to debate it if anyone knows better.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1230884[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Revolt of the Three Feudatories</b></p> <p style="text-align: center">Wu Shifan, grandson of Wu Sangui, famed traitor to the Ming and Qing Dynasties of China</p> <p style="text-align: center">1679 - 1681 AD</p> <p style="text-align: center">AE Cash</p> <p style="text-align: center">Obv: <i>Hong Hua Tong Bao</i></p> <p style="text-align: center">Rev: Plain</p> <p style="text-align: center">Hartill #21.112</p> <p style="text-align: center">3.15 g // 22mm</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>Next: Another failed uprising or traitor[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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