The Chongzhen Emperor took his own life, allowing for the short-lived rise of the Shun dynasty, which soon faded away. This was followed by the Qing Dynasty, which lasted until 1912.

There is still an inscribed tablet on the mountain, erected in the Song Dynasty (960-1279), about the burial of Shun in the words of the great calligrapher Cai Yi of the Easten Han Dynasty (25-220).

Due to reasons including flooding, crop failures and an epidemic, the dynasty collapsed in 1644 when rebel forces entered Beijing. The Chongzhen Emperor died by suicide and the Shun dynasty was ...