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Yu Ch'ien (Pinyin: Yu Qian, Chinese language|Chinese: ??????) (1398-1457) was a Chinese race|Chinese defense minister of the Ming dynasty. He is best known for saving China when the Zhengtong Emperor (1427???1464) fought the Mongolia|Mongol leader Esen in 1449 and was taken prisoner. The Mongol armies came within 80 kilometre|km of the capital of Peking (now Beijing), but Yu Ch'ien took control of the army and managed to repel the assault. He is considered by many to be a Chinese hero. China-stub Category:Ming Dynasty zh:?????? This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Yu Qian".
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