Last Ming Emperor

Last Ming Emperor

When Beijing fell to the Qing, the last Ming Emperor murdered two of his daughters and his consort, sliced another daughter's arm off, and then he and his wife hanged themselves "unable to face [his] ancestors" in shame due to the social stigma of losing their throne.

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