Sun Yanling (; ? — 1677) was a

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of the

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who notably rebelled against

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rule in the

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. He was

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to be married to

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's daughter

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at a young age. They were married in 1660 and she was made ''

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'', princess of royal blood. Kong Sizhen was given control of her fathers troops in Guangxi. In 1666 Princess Kong requested to move to Guangxi with her family, and Sun was made military commander in her place. Sun began making government appointments. Following

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's rebellion against the Qing in December 1673, Sun had all of his lieutenants killed. He joined the rebellion, declaring himself first ''An Yuan Da Jiang Jun'' (安遠大將軍), and then ''An Yuan Wang'' (安遠王). In 1677, Wu Sangui suspected Sun would surrender to the Qing and he sent his relative

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, to assassinate Sun. His wife took control of his troops after his death, although she may already have had control beforehand.

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