Chen Lin Style Name: Chaojue (朝爵) (1543–1607) was a Chinese general of the Ming Dynasty

Ming Dynasty

The Ming Dynasty, also Empire of the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. The Ming, "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history", was the last dynasty in China ruled by ethnic...

. Chen Lin was a native of modern-day Shaoguan

Shaoguan

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 (韶關) in Guangdong

Guangdong

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 province. He quelled the 1562 uprisings in Chaozhou

Chaozhou

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 and Yingde

Yingde

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 in Guangdong province and was subsequently promoted to the Shoubei of Guangdong. Chen participated in various campaigns in Southern China against rebels and peasant uprisings thereafter.

Chen Lin was dispatched in 1598 to help repulse the Japanese in Hideyoshi's Invasions of Korea with the Korean admiral Yi Sun-sin

Yi Sun-sin

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. The aid was in response to a request by the Joseon Dynasty

Joseon Dynasty

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After campaigning in Korea, Chen was promoted and gained control of troops in Hunan and Guangdong. He led troops against the Miao

Miao people

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 peoples in Zunyi

Zunyi

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, Guizhou

Guizhou

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province and quelled the Miao (Hmong) uprising.

Chen Lin died of natural causes. His descendants are spread out across Guangdong, Guangxi, and Sichuan provinces. One of his grandsons, Chen Yongsu, settled in Korea.