Description
Presented here is a collection of letters, official announcements, and placards published during the Chongzhen reign (1628‒44) during the campaign of Cheng Xun, an official who was posted to the Military Defense Circuit, a multi-prefecture jurisdiction, in the eastern coastal prefectures of Suzhou and Songjiang. Cheng Xun was engaged in military actions aimed at suppressing the surge of so-called sea pirates, many of whom were rebellious peasants who took up weapons. The whole battle lasted about three months. According to the biography included in the local gazetteer of Yongfeng ...