1646年（清順治三年十一月初五），清軍佔領中原後，南明紹武帝朱聿讁喺廣州建都，係歷史記載廣州第三次獨立建制；同年十二月十五日，清兵攻入城內，紹武帝吊頸死咗（有話係畀殺）。
In 1646 (the fifth day of November in the third year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty), after the Qing army occupied the Central Plains, Zhu Yuying, Emperor Shaowu of the Southern Ming Dynasty, established the capital in Guangzhou, which was recorded in history as the third independent establishment of Guangzhou; on December 15 of the same year, the Qing soldiers invaded the city, and Emperor Shaowu hanged himself (some say that he was killed).