Dorgon’s value is increasingly recognized

1. Strategic Dimensionality Reduction Strike
In the chaos at the end of the Ming Dynasty, he keenly captured the political vacuum and decisively entered the pass. Through political means such as “sending mourning for Chongzhen,” he quickly rebranded the nature from “foreign invasion” to “revenge for Ming,” a political landscape far surpassing that of contemporaries like Li Zicheng.
2. The Actual Operator of the Manchu Qing’s Entry
If Hong Taiji is the founder, then Dorgon is the actual CEO of the Qing Dynasty. When Hong Taiji suddenly died and the regime faced division, he stabilized the overall situation, managed military and civil affairs across the country while ill, and without his decisiveness, it would have been difficult for the Manchu Qing to hold onto power.
3. The Modern Deconstruction of the “Beautiful, Strong, Tragic” Archetype
Mother’s funeral, losing the throne twice, dying young, and posthumous purging—these tragic hero traits are highly dramatic and align with contemporary aesthetic preferences for complex power figures.