Sun Chengzong

Sun Chengzong (Chinese: 孫承宗; 1563–1638) was a Grand Secretary of the late Ming Dynasty.[1] He was also made Minister of War in 1629.[2]

Sun Chengzong
孫承宗
Portrait of Sun Chengzong
Born1563
Gaoyang County, Hebei
Died1638 (aged 74–75)
North Zhili, Hebei
OccupationPolitician, imperial tutor, general

Notes
  1. Swope 2014, p. 56
  2. Swope 2014, p. 85

References
  • Swope, Kenneth M. (2014). The Military Collapse of China's Ming Dynasty, 1618–44. Routledge. ISBN 9781134462094.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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