Chen Han
| Great Han 大漢 | |||||||||
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| 1360–1364 | |||||||||
 China at the Yuan dynasty's end | |||||||||
| Capital | Jiujiang, later Wuchang | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Emperor | |||||||||
• 1360–1363 | Chen Youliang | ||||||||
• 1363–1364 | Chen Li | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1360 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1364 | ||||||||
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The Han (1360–1364), officially the Great Han and known as Chen Han today, was a short-lived Chinese dynasty in the middle Yangtze region during the chaotic late Yuan dynasty. It was founded by the Red Turban rebel general Chen Youliang who first dominated, and later assassinated the Red Turban leader Xu Shouhui and usurped his regional regime. At its height, the Han territory encompassed the modern provinces of Hubei, Jiangxi, and Hunan, but Jiangxi mostly fell to another warlord Zhu Yuanzhang in 1361. In 1363, Chen and Zhu fought in the decisive Battle of Lake Poyang, where Chen was killed. His teenaged son Chen Li succeeded him, but no longer had the resources to resist the powerful Zhu, who easily conquered Han the next year. Chen Li who surrendered was exiled to Goryeo, and became the progenitor of the Korean Yangsan Jin clan.