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| | Summary and Evaluation of China, Korea & Japan to 1875 by Sanderson Beck |
 | | Emperor Wen reigned 180-157 BC, and he was acclaimed a great exemplar for his benevolent policies that abolished cruel punishments, reduced taxes, and instituted civil service examinations. |
| | The Ming emperor Yongli fled to the southwest, reaching Yunnan in 1651, and in 1659 he went to Burma, where he was finally killed in 1662. |
| | The 14-year-old Mutsuhito became emperor in February 1867, and in November Shogun Keiki resigned to be the Emperor's prime minister; but in January 1868 Satsuma, Choshu, and Tosa forces made Keiki surrender, and Tokugawa lands were confiscated to finance the Meiji restoration of the Emperor. |
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