Born in poverty, smart and stubborn since childhood. Do a little business with my father and sell red dates. At first, he was a fast catcher and entered Yansui Town to become a border guard. He was born with a strong will, loved to fight injustice, and almost died for it. [1] During the Chongzhen period, the peasant army uprising was organized, Fengyang was defeated, the imperial tomb was burned, the county was broken, and Xiangyang was trapped. In the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, he conquered Wuchang and claimed to be the Great Western King. Led the troops into Sichuan, established the Daxi regime in Chengdu, and achieved great success.
In the third year of Dashun (1647 1.2), he led troops to resist the Qing army and was shot to death by the Qing princes Haug and Shuo Su at Fenghuang Mountain in Xichong.