Shen Yunying

Shen Yunying (; 1624–1660), also known as Shen Guandi (沈官弟), was a Chinese female military general in the imperial army of the Ming dynasty in 17th century China.

Life

Shen Yunying was the daughter of General Shen Zhixu, who was in command of the garrison at Daozhou, in modern-day Hunan.

She displayed great military skill in her fight to protect the Ming dynasty from the armies of both the Manchu Qing dynasty and Gao Guiying, the other great female commander of the time, on whose opposite side she was, but she could not prevent the capture of Beijing in 1644 and the death of the last Ming emperor. When her husband Jia Jian was himself killed in battle at Jingzhou, she resigned her post and withdrew to private life.