Chu yuan chang biography

Was zhu yuanzhang a good emperor

How did zhu yuanzhang die

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Hongwu Emperor

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Chu Yuan-chang Biography

In the latter fourteenth century when Chu Yuan-chang (1328-1398) declared himself emperor of China, the Ming dynasty was born. It spanned almost three centuries and proved to be one of the most successful governments in China's history.

Chu Yuan-chang was born on October 21, 1328 in Hao-chou China, in the province of Anhui, about 100 miles northwest of Naking near China's east coast. At 16 he was orphaned and followed the path often taken by the sons of peasant families, he became a Buddhist monk. Chu began his monastic life at the Huang-chueh monastery near Feng-yang. To avoid starvation during his subsequent wanderings, he frequently begged for food in the area surrounding Ho-fei. This was an area where little or no authority existed, providing a certain safety for Chu and others in the same predicament.

Northern and central China was experiencing a difficult time, suffering from extended periods of drought and famine...

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Hongwu Emperor 洪武帝
A Seated Picture of Weary Emperor Taizu, c. 1377 be oblivious to an unrecognized artist running off the Inventive dynasty. Just now located plug the Steady Palace Museum, Taipei
Reign	23 Jan 1368^[a] – 24 June 1398
Enthronement	23 Jan 1368
Successor	Jianwen Emperor
Reign	1368–1398
Predecessor	Toghon Temür (Yuan dynasty)
Successor	Jianwen Emperor
Born	Zhu Chongba^[b] 21 Oct 1328^[c] Hao Prefecture, Henan Jiangbei (present-day Fengyang County, Anhui)
Died	24 June 1398(1398-06-24) (aged 69) Ming Castle, Zhili (present-day Nanjing)
Burial	30 June 1398 Xiao Mausoleum, Nanjing
Consort	Empress Xiaocigao (m. 1352; died 1382)
Issue Detail	Zhu Biao, Upper Prince Yiwen Zhu Shuang, Consort Min archetypal Qin Zhu Organize, Prince Chime of Jin Yongle Emperor Zhu Su, Prince Lift of Zhou Zhu Zhen, Consort Zhao reduce speed Chu Zhu Fu, Prince Bell of Qi Zhu Gui, Lord Jian a number of Dai Zhu Zhi, Prince Jian of Liao Zhu Quan, Ruler Xian wages Ning Zhu Backlog, Prince Jian of Shen
House	Zhu
Dynasty	Ming
Father	Zhu Shizhen
Mother	Empress Chun
Religion	Buddhism
Signature
Chinese	洪武帝

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Xiaoling -a tomb for an emperor

Zhu Yuanzhang, alias 1st Ming Hongwu Emperor, commenced the construction of his mausoleum in 1381, the 14th year of his reign. It was to become a cemetery worthy of the very founder of the Ming dynasty.

But the good Empress Ma passed away unexpectedly already 17 September 1382 and was laid to rest in the barely finished underground vault on 31 October. In his capacity as Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang bestowed her the posthumous title of Xiaoci ('filial and kind') and named the mausoleum in her honor, i.e., Xiaoling (ling = tomb).

King Sun Quan

Zhu Yuanzhang survived his wife by almost 16 years. After laying ill for over a month, he passed away in the western palace on June 24, 1398, just four months before his seventieth birthday. Not only was he the first Ming Emperor, but reaching an unusual for the times 69 years of age, he would also become the longest living Ming emperor.

Xiaoling cemetery was however not completed until 1413, some 15 years later, by his fourth son, ruling at that time as the 3rd Ming Emperor with reign title of Yongle.

Mausoleum layout

Xiaoling is located on the southern foot of Mt. Zhongshan just east of Nanjing city proper. It covers a huge area almost 3 kilometers deep. It is no coincidence that the cemetery of t