Trần Thượng Xuyên (Chen Shangchuan, vi-hantu, 陳上川, 1626–1720) was a Chinese exile. Trần Thượng Xuyên was born in

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, he was a general of

Ming China The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming was the last imperial dynasty of ...

, and swore allegiance to

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. After the execution of Zhu Youlang, he swore allegiance to

Koxinga Zheng Chenggong (; 27 August 1624 – 23 June 1662), born Zheng Sen () and better known internationally by his honorific title Koxinga (, from Taiwanese: ''kok sèⁿ iâ''), was a Southern Ming general who resisted the Qing conquest of Chin ...

, and was promoted to Chief Commander of

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and

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(高廉雷總兵). In 1679, after the

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was put down by

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, he led 3000 soldiers and 50 ships came to

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together with Trần An Bình (陳安平), Dương Ngạn Địch, Hoàng Tiến (黃進), and surrendered to

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. Trần Thượng Xuyên and Trần An Bình were sponsored to Đông Phố (modern

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) by

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, where Xuyên served as chief of a small Chinese community.'' Đại Nam liệt truyện tiền biên'', vol. 6''

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'', Quyển 2, Tự chủ thời đại, Chương 6

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n king Chey Chettha IV (''Nặc Ông Thu'') revolted against the Nguyễn lord in 1699. When Xuyên defeated him together with

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, Chey Chettha had to surrender, and abdicated the throne to

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(''Nặc Ông Thâm''). A civil war broke out in Cambodia in 1714. King Thommo Reachea III attacked the vice-king

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(''Nặc Ông Yêm''), and captured

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with the support of

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. Ang Em had to seek refuge for Nguyễn lord. Xuyên and

Nguyễn Cửu Phú Nguyễn (阮) (sometimes abbreviated as Ng̃) is the most common surname of the Vietnamese people. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as ''Nguyen''. By some estimates 30 to 39 percent of Vietnamese peopl ...

were sent to help him. They besieged Longvek. Thommo Reachea III and Chey Chettha IV were forced to desert the city and fled to Siam. Ang Em was installed as the king by Vietnamese.

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