Yongli

This article is about the era name of Zhu Youlang, the Southern Ming emperor. For the emperor who used this era name, see Yongli Emperor.

Yongli
Traditional Chinese	永えい曆れき
Simplified Chinese	永えい历
Literal meaning	"perpetual calendar"
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yǒnglì Wade–Giles Yung-li Southern Min Hokkien POJ Éng-le̍k

Yongli Tongbao (永なが曆れき通寶つうほう) one fen copper coin

Yongli (5 February 1647 – 1 June 1662) was the era name of the Yongli Emperor of the Southern Ming. It was used for a total of 15 years.

The Southern Ming was in use for fifteen years in mainland China, together with the Kingdom of Tungning in Taiwan, which continued to use the "Yongli" era name until 8 October 1683 (Yongli 37, 18th day of the 8th month), when Zheng Keshuang surrendered to the Qing.

On 22 January 1662 (Yongli 15, 3rd day of the 12th month), the Burmese sent the Yongli Emperor to Wu Sangui's camp. On 1 June 1662 (Yongli 15, 15th day of the 4th month), the Yongli Emperor was hanged by Wu Sangui in Kunming, the Southern Ming officially perished, together with the 295-year history of the Ming dynasty, and officially ending nearly three hundred years of Ming rule.

Comparison table

Yongli	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
AD	1647	1648	1649	1650	1651	1652	1653	1654	1655	1656
Gānzhī 干支えと	Dīnghài 丁ちょう亥い	Wùzǐ 戊子ぼし	Jǐchǒu 己おのれ丑うし	Gēngyín 庚かのえ寅とら	Xīnmǎo 辛からし卯う	Rénchén 壬みずのえ辰たつ	Guǐsì 癸巳きし	Jiǎwǔ 甲きのえ午うま	Yǐwèi 乙未おとみ	Bǐngshēn 丙へい申さる
Yongli	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
AD	1657	1658	1659	1660	1661	1662	1663	1664	1665	1666
Gānzhī 干支えと	Dīngyǒu 丁ちょう酉とり	Wùxū 戊つちのえ戌いぬ	Jǐhài 己おのれ亥い	Gēngzǐ 庚かのえ子こ	Xīnchǒu 辛からし丑うし	Rényín 壬みずのえ寅とら	Guǐmǎo 癸みずのと卯う	Jiǎchén 甲きのえ辰たつ	Yǐsì 乙おつ巳み	Bǐngwǔ 丙午ひのえうま
Yongli	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
AD	1667	1668	1669	1670	1671	1672	1673	1674	1675	1676
Gānzhī 干支えと	Dīngwèi 丁未ていみ	Wùshēn 戊つちのえ申さる	Jǐyǒu 己おのれ酉とり	Gēngxū 庚かのえ戌いぬ	Xīnhài 辛からし亥い	Rénzǐ 壬みずのえ子こ	Guǐchǒu 癸みずのと丑うし	Jiǎyín 甲きのえ寅とら	Yǐmǎo 乙おつ卯う	Bǐngchén 丙へい辰たつ
Yongli	31	32	33	34	35	36	37
AD	1677	1678	1679	1680	1681	1682	1683
Gānzhī 干支えと	Dīngsì 丁ちょう巳み	Wùwǔ 戊つちのえ午うま	Jǐwèi 己おのれ未み	Gēngshēn 庚申こうしん	Xīnyǒu 辛からし酉とり	Rénxū 壬みずのえ戌いぬ	Guǐhài 癸みずのと亥い

Other regime eras that existed during the same period

• China
  • Dingwu (定てい武ぶ, 1646–1664): Southern Ming — era name of Zhu Benli (Zhu Danji), Prince of Han (doubtful)
  • Dongwu (東武とうぶ, 1648): Southern Ming — era name of Zhu Changqing, Prince of Huai
  • Shunzhi (順治じゅんじ, 1644–1661): Qing dynasty — era name of the Shunzhi Emperor
  • Kangxi (康かん熙, 1662–1722): Qing dynasty — era name of the Kangxi Emperor
  • Zhongxing (中興ちゅうこう, 1647): Qing period — era name of the Jiang Erxun (蔣爾恂まこと)
  • Tianzheng (天正てんしょう, 1648): Qing period — era name of Zhang Jintang (張ちょう近きん堂どう)
  • Tianshun (天てん順じゅん, 1661): Qing period — era name of Xiao Weitang (蕭しょう惟おもんみ堂どう)
  • Daqing (大慶たいけい, 1665): Qing period — era name of Wang Yaozu (王おう耀祖)
  • Guangde (廣德ひろのり, 1673): Qing period — era name of Yang Qilong (楊起隆たかし)
  • Zhaowu (昭武あきたけ, 1678): Wu Zhou — era name of Wu Sangui
  • Honghua (洪ひろし化か, 1679–1681): Wu Zhou — era name of Wu Shifan
• Vietnam
  • Thuận Đức (順德じゅんとく, 1638–1677): Mạc dynasty — era name of Mạc Kính Vũ
  • Phúc Thái (福ぶく泰たい, 1643–1649): Later Lê dynasty — era name of Lê Chân Tông
  • Khánh Đức (慶德けいとく, 1649–1653): Later Lê dynasty — era name of Lê Thần Tông
  • Thịnh Đức (盛德せいとく, 1653–1658): Later Lê dynasty — era name of Lê Thần Tông
  • Vĩnh Thọ (永壽ながとし, 1658–1662): Later Lê dynasty — era name of Lê Thần Tông
  • Vạn Khánh (萬まん慶けい, 1662): Later Lê dynasty — era name of Lê Thần Tông
  • Cảnh Trị (景けい治ち, 1663–1671): Later Lê dynasty — era name of Lê Huyền Tông
  • Dương Đức (陽ひ德とく, 1672–1674): Later Lê dynasty — era name of Lê Gia Tông
  • Đức Nguyên (德元とくもと, 1674–1675): Later Lê dynasty — era name of Lê Gia Tông
  • Vĩnh Trị (永治えいじ, 1676–1680): Later Lê dynasty — era name of Lê Hy Tông
  • Chính Hòa (正和しょうわ, 1680–1705): Later Lê dynasty — era name of Lê Hy Tông
• Japan
  • Shōhō (正保まさやす, 1644–1648): era name of Emperor Go-Kōmyō
  • Keian (慶安けいあん, 1648–1652): era name of Emperor Go-Kōmyō
  • Jōō (承うけたまわ応おう, 1652–1655): era name of Emperor Go-Kōmyō and Emperor Go-Sai
  • Meireki (明あかり暦れき, 1655–1658): era name of Emperor Go-Sai
  • Manji (万治まんじ, 1658–1661): era name of Emperor Go-Sai
  • Kanbun (寛文ひろふみ, 1661–1673): era name of Emperor Go-Sai and Emperor Reigen
  • Enpō (延のべ宝たから, 1673–1681): era name of Emperor Reigen
  • Tenna (天和てんわ, 1681–1684): era name of Emperor Reigen

See also

• List of Chinese era names
• List of Ming dynasty era names
• List of rulers of Taiwan

Extended reading

• Li Chongzhi (李り崇たかし智さとし) (December 2004). Zhongguo lidai nianhao kao (中國ちゅうごく歷代れきだい年號ねんごう考こう). Beijing (北京ぺきん): Zhonghua Book Company (中華ちゅうか書しょ局きょく). ISBN 7101025129.
• Deng Hongbo (鄧洪波は) (March 2005). Chronology of East Asian history (東亞とうあ歷史れきし年表ねんぴょう). Taipei (臺北たいぺい): National Taiwan University, Program for East Asian Classics and Cultures (國立こくりつ臺灣たいわん大學だいがく東亞とうあ經典きょうてん與あずか文化ぶんか研究けんきゅう計けい劃). ISBN 9789860005189. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2021-11-26.