Sun Chuanting

Sun Chuanting, also known as Baiya, was a native of Daizhou during the Ming Dynasty. In the 47th year of Wanli's reign (1619), he was awarded the title of Jinshi, Supervisor of the County County of Yongcheng, and Shangqiu base note. At the beginning of the Apocalypse, he was appointed as the chief inspector of the Ministry of Personnel. When Wei Zhongxian was in chaos, he stayed at home. In the eighth year of the Chongzhen reign (1635), he was appointed as a censor and the magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture. At that time, the government was corrupt, with years of famine and hardship for the people. Farmers in various regions rose up one after another, and the Shaanxi rebel army had the greatest strength. However, the governor Gan Xuekuo could not win, so the literati recommended Sun Chuanting to be appointed as the governor of Shaanxi. After taking office in March of the following year, he immediately surrounded and suppressed the rebel army, and captured Prince Gao Yingxiang and his commanding officer Liu Zhe at Heishuiyu (now Zhouzhi County, Shaanxi), and sent them to the capital for killing. After multiple battles, the rebel army suffered heavy losses. In October of the tenth year of Chongzhen (1637), the Qing army invaded the capital and ordered Chengchou and Sun Chuanting to provide assistance. After Governor Lu Xiangsheng died in battle, he was appointed as the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of War and the Right Censor, overseeing the reinforcements of various routes. Appointing Hong Chengchou to lead the military affairs of Ji Liao, the Governor General of Shaanxi Army, Sun Chuanting believed that the Shaanxi Army had abandoned their homes and stayed at the border for a long time, and would flee if it was not for war. He presented the pros and cons to Yang Sichang, who was extremely dissatisfied. At the time when Sun Chuanting was suffering from ear disease, he requested to return to his hometown. Sichang spread false accusations, and Chongzhen was furious and imprisoned Sun for three years. In the 14th year of Chongzhen (1641), Yang Sichang launched a campaign to suppress the rebel army, but was defeated and committed suicide. In January of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Sun Chuanting was appointed as the Minister of War and appointed as the Governor General of Shaanxi in February. At that time, following Gao Yingxiang, the rebel king Li Zicheng led his army to break through Xiangyang and Kaifeng, and Chongzhen repeatedly urged Sun Chuanting to go out of the pass to suppress them. In May of the 16th year of the Chongzhen reign (1643), Sun, with the titles of Minister of War and Commander in Chief, was granted a sword and once again advanced towards Xiangyang. Due to the increasing dissatisfaction among the officers and soldiers, they rebelled in Ruzhou and were defeated and returned to Tongguan. The rebel army took advantage of the victory to break through the pass, the Ming army was defeated, and Sun Yat sen was killed in action. His posthumous works include "Bai Gu Shi Chao" and "Jian Lao Ling". (Refer to the original biography of "Ming History")