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190:, and official appointments. In 1361, Fang sent a saddle ornamented with gold and jade to Zhu; he refused the gift, saying: "At present there is trouble everywhere. The times call for able men and there is need of grain and cloth. Such precious playthings are worth-less." Zhu condemned Fang's collaboration with 220:
and organizational skills—into status that transcended his bandit-pirate origins. He became a regional leader and an independent factor in the wars and rivalries out of which the new dynasty emerged. While squandered his large assets, may be said to have realized full return on his markedly
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regime only nominally obtained his surrender after promising him multiple official titles, the Yuan government appointed him as the Duke of Qu after 1356. By 1349, Fang Guozhen had not stopped intercepting grain shipments, so
84:. After killing a man who accused him of piracy, Fang created a pirate band in 1348 that operated off offshore islands. His success disturbed the Yuan government, which relied on grain shipments from the south to the capital, 174:, his rather passive stance on regional politics, and because Zhu needed Fang’s fleet to conquer the southern Chinese coast; Fang and his family were given offices, military titles, and incomes. He died of natural causes in 101:
to circumvent Fang. The project ultimately succeeded, but many of the workers mobilized for the effort would join the Red Turban Rebellion. By 1356, Fang permanently controlled three coastal prefectures in
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Fang Guozhen and Zhu Yuanzhang held frequent diplomatic exchanges. The two often refused gifts from each other such as cities,
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Fang Guozhen failed to surrender to Zhu Yuanzhang after the latter captured Hangzhou in December 1366. Zhu launched an
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has a positive evaluation of Fang Guozhen. After noting his administrative and diplomatic acumen, Mote writes:
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The History of the Renaissance World: From the Rediscovery of Aristotle to the Conquest of Constantinople
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fleet drove Fang out of Ningbo, securing his surrender in December shortly before the founding of the
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of grain to Dadu until Zhang declared independence from the Yuan Dynasty in 1363. After the
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army captured Taizhou and Wenzhou from Fang in October and November respectively, while
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district in Zhejiang. He was illiterate and his family was probably involved in
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The Cambridge History of China Volume 7 The Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, Part I
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Index

simplified Chinese
traditional Chinese
pinyin
rebel leader
Yuan dynasty
Zhejiang
Zhu Yuanzhang
Huangyan
smuggling
piracy
Dadu
Berke Bukha’s
Toqto'a
Grand Canal
Qingyuan
Taizhou
Wenzhou
Ningbo
Shaoxing
Zhang Shicheng
Battle of Lake Poyang
Zhu Yuanzhang
Prince of Wu
Hangzhou
amphibious expedition
Zhu Liangzi's
Tang He's
Ming Dynasty
legitimacy
Nanjing

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