Hongwu Emperor

Hongwu Emperor
1st Emperor of the Ming Empire
Reign 23 January 1368[n 1] – 24 June 1398
Predecessor Dynasty established
Successor Jianwen Emperor
Emperor of China
Reign 14 September 1368 – 24 June 1398
Predecessor Emperor Huizong of Yuan
Successor Jianwen Emperor
Born (1328-10-21)21 October 1328
Fengyang, Anhui, Yuan Empire
Died 24 June 1398(1398-06-24) (aged 69)
Nanjing, Jiangsu, Ming Empire
Burial 30 June 1398
Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum, Nanjing, China
Spouse Empress Xiaocigao
Noble Consort Chengmu, concubine
Consort Li, concubine
Consort Ning, concubine
Consort Hui, concubine
Consort Zhuangjing'anronghui, concubine
Consort Jiang, concubine
Consort Zhao, concubine
Consort Zhaojingchong, concubine
Consort An, concubine
Consort Ding, concubine
Consort Shun, concubine
Consort Shun, concubine[n 2]
Consort Xian, concubine
Consort Hui, concubine[n 2]
Consort Li, concubine[n 2]
Consort Kung, concubine
Consort Han, concubine
Consort Yu, concubine
Consort Yang, concubine
Consort Zhou, concubine
Li Jiehao, concubine
Beauty Lady Choi, concubine
Beauty Lady Zhang, concubine
Lady Gao, concubine
Issue Zhu Biao, Crown Prince Yiwen
Zhu Shuang, Prince Min of Qin
Zhu Gang, Prince Gong of Jin
Zhu Di, Yongle Emperor
Zhu Su, Prince Ding of Zhou
Zhu Zhen, Prince Zhao of Chu
Zhu Fu, Prince of Qi
Zhu Zi, Prince of Dan
Zhu Qi, Prince of Zhao
Zhu Tan, Prince Huang of Lu
Zhu Chun, Prince Xian of Shu
Zhu Bai, Prince Xian of Xiang
Zhu Gui, Prince Jian of Dai
Zhu Ying, Prince Zhuang of Su
Zhu Zhi, Prince Jian of Liao
Zhu Zhan, Prince Jing of Qing
Zhu Quan, Prince Xian of Ning
Zhu Pian, Prince Zhuang of Min
Zhu Hui, Prince of Gu
Zhu Song
Prince Xian of Han
Zhu Mo, Prince Jian of Shen
Zhu Ying, Prince Hui of An
Zhu Jing, Prince Ding of Tang
Zhu Dong, Prince Jing of Ying
Zhu Yi, Prince Li of Yi
Zhu Nan
Princess Lin'an
Princess Ning
Princess Chongning
Princess Anqing
Princess Runing
Princess Huaiqing, Marchioness of Yongchun
Princess Daming, Marchioness of Luancheng
Princess Fuqing
Princess Shouchun
a daughter
Princess Nankang
Princess Zhenyi of Yongjia
a daughter
Princess Hanshan
Princess Ruyang
Princess Baoqing
Full name
Family name: Zhu (朱)
Birth name: Chongba (重八)[n 3]
Given name: Xingzong (興宗), later Yuanzhang (元璋)[n 4]
Courtesy name: Guorui (國瑞)
Era name and dates
Hongwu (洪武): 23 January 1368 – 5 February 1399 (briefly, - 22 January 1403)[n 5]
Posthumous name
Emperor Kaitian Xingdao Zhaoji Liji Dasheng Zhishen Renwen Yiwu Junde Chenggong Gāo
開天行道肇紀立極大聖至神仁文義武俊德成功高皇帝
Temple name
Ming Taizu (明太祖)
House House of Zhu
Father Zhu Shizhen
Mother Chen Erniang
Hongwu Emperor
Chinese 洪武帝
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhu.

The Hongwu Emperor (21 October 1328 – 24 June 1398), personal name Zhu Yuanzhang, was the founder and first emperor of China's Ming dynasty.

In the middle of the 14th century, with famine, plagues, and peasant revolts sweeping across China, Zhu Yuanzhang rose to command the force that conquered China and ended the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty, forcing the Mongols to retreat to the Central Asian steppes. Following his seizure of the Yuan capital, Khanbaliq (present-day Beijing), Zhu claimed the Mandate of Heaven and established the Ming dynasty in 1368. Trusting only in his family, he made his many sons powerful feudal princes along the northern marshes and the Yangtze valley.[1] Having outlived his first successor, the Hongwu Emperor enthroned his grandson via a series of instructions; this ended in failure when the Jianwen Emperor's attempt to unseat his uncles led to him being overthrown by one of them, Zhu Di, who later became the Yongle Emperor.[1]

Most of the historical sites related to the Hongwu Emperor are located in Nanjing, the original capital of the Ming dynasty.

Life

Early life

Zhu was a born into a desperately poor peasant tenant farmer family in Zhongli Village in the Huai River plain, which is in present-day Fengyang, Anhui Province.[2][3] His father was Zhu Shizhen (朱世珍, original name Zhu Wusi 朱五四) and his mother was Chen Erniang. He had seven older siblings, several of whom were "given away" by his parents, as they did not have enough food to support the family.[4] When he was 16, severe drought ruined the harvest where his family lived. Subsequently, famine killed his entire family, except one of his brothers. He then buried them by wrapping them in white clothes.

Destitute, Zhu accepted a suggestion to take up a pledge made by his brother and became a novice monk at the Huangjue Temple,[5] a local Buddhist monastery. He did not remain there for long as the monastery ran short of funds and he was forced to leave.

For the next few years, Zhu led the life of a wandering beggar and personally experienced and saw the hardships of the common people.[6] After about three years, he returned to the monastery and stayed there until he was around 24 years old. He learned to read and write during the time he spent with the Buddhist monks.[7]

Rise to power

The monastery where Zhu lived was eventually destroyed by an army that was suppressing a local rebellion. In 1352, Zhu joined one of the many insurgent forces that had risen in rebellion against the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. He rose rapidly through the ranks and became a commander. His rebel force later joined the Red Turbans, a millenarian sect related to the White Lotus Society, and one that followed cultural and religious traditions of Buddhism, Zoroastrianism and other religions. Widely seen as a defender of Confucianism and neo-Confucianism among the predominant Han Chinese population in China, Zhu emerged as a leader of the rebels that were struggling to overthrow the Yuan dynasty.

In 1356, Zhu and his army conquered Nanjing, which became his base of operations and the capital of the Ming dynasty during his reign. Zhu's government in Nanjing became famous for good governance and the city attracted vast numbers of people fleeing from other more lawless regions. It is estimated that Nanjing's population increased by 10 times over the next 10 years.[8] In the meantime, the Yuan government had been weakened by internal factions fighting for control and it made little effort to retake the Yangtze River valley. By 1358, central and southern China had fallen into the hands of different rebel groups. During that time, the Red Turbans also split up. Zhu became the leader of a smaller faction (called "Ming" around 1360) while the larger faction, under Chen Youliang, controlled the center of the Yangtze River valley.

Zhu was able to attract many talents into his service. One of them was Zhu Sheng (朱升), who advised him, "Build high walls, stock up rations, and don't be too quick to call yourself a king." Another, Jiao Yu, was an artillery officer who later compiled a military treatise outlining the various types of gunpowder weapons. Another one, Liu Bowen, became one of Zhu's key advisors, and edited the military-technology treatise titled Huolongjing in later years.

Starting from 1360, Zhu and Chen Youliang fought a protracted war for supremacy over the former territories controlled by the Red Turbans. The pivotal moment in the war was the Battle of Lake Poyang in 1363, one of the largest naval battles in history. The battle lasted three days and ended with the defeat and retreat of Chen's larger navy. Chen died a month later in battle. Zhu did not participate personally in any battles after that and remained in Nanjing, where he directed his generals to go on campaigns.

In 1367, Zhu's forces defeated Zhang Shicheng's Kingdom of Dazhou, which was centered in Suzhou and had previously included most of the Yangtze River Delta and Hangzhou, which was formerly the capital of the Song dynasty.[9][10] This victory granted Zhu's government authority over the lands north and south of the Yangtze River. The other major warlords surrendered to Zhu and on 20 January 1368, Zhu proclaimed himself Emperor of the Ming dynasty in Nanjing and adopted "Hongwu" (lit. "vastly martial") as his era name. His dynasty's mission was to drive away the Mongols and restore Han Chinese rule in China.

In 1368, Ming armies headed north to attack territories that were still under Yuan rule. The Mongols gave up their capital, Khanbaliq (present-day Beijing), and the rest of northern China in September 1368 and retreated to Mongolia. On 15 October 1371, one of the Hongwu Emperor's sons, Zhu Shuang, was married to the sister of Köke Temür, a Bayad general of the Yuan dynasty.[11][12][13]

The Ming dynasty defeated Ming Yuchen's Xia polity which ruled Sichuan.[14]

The Ming army captured the last Yuan-controlled province of Yunnan in 1381 and China was unified under Ming rule.[15]

Reign

Under the Hongwu Emperor's rule, the Mongol and other foreign bureaucrats who dominated the government during the Yuan dynasty, along with Northern Chinese officials, were replaced by Han Chinese officials. The emperor re-instituted, then abolished, then restored the Confucian civil service imperial examination system, from which most state officials were selected based on their knowledge of literature and philosophy. The Ming examination curriculum followed that set by the Yuan in 1313: a focus on the Four Books over the Five Classics, and the commentaries of Zhu Xi.[16] The Confucian scholar-bureaucrats, previously marginalised during the Yuan dynasty, were reinstated to their predominant roles in the government.

Mongol-related things, including garments and names, were discontinued from use and boycotted. There were also attacks on palaces and administrative buildings previously used by the rulers of the Yuan dynasty.[17] But many of Taizu's government institutions were actually modelled on those of the Yuan dynasty: community schools required (not necessarily successfully) for primary education in every village are one example.[18] ' Hongwu founded Qinhuai.[19]

Land reform

As the Hongwu Emperor came from a peasant family, he was aware of how peasants used to suffer under the oppression of the scholar-bureaucrats and the wealthy. Many of the latter, relying on their connections with government officials, encroached unscrupulously on peasants' lands and bribed the officials to transfer the burden of taxation to the poor. To prevent such abuse, the Hongwu Emperor instituted two systems: Yellow Records and Fish Scale Records. These systems served both to secure the government's income from land taxes and to affirm that peasants would not lose their lands.

However, the reforms did not eliminate the threat of the bureaucrats to peasants. Instead, the expansion of the bureaucrats and their growing prestige translated into more wealth and tax exemption for those in the government service. The bureaucrats gained new privileges and some became illegal money-lenders and managers of gambling rings. Using their power, the bureaucrats expanded their estates at the expense of peasants' lands through outright purchase of those lands and foreclosure on their mortgages whenever they wanted the lands. The peasants often became either tenants or workers, or sought employment elsewhere.[20]

Since the beginning of the Ming dynasty in 1357, great care was taken by the Hongwu Emperor to distribute land to peasants. One way was through forced migration to less dense areas.[21] Some of those people were tied to a pagoda tree in Hongdong (洪洞大槐樹) and moved.[22] Public works projects, such as the construction of irrigation systems and dikes, were undertaken in an attempt to help farmers. In addition, the Hongwu Emperor also reduced the demands for forced labour on the peasantry. In 1370, the Hongwu Emperor ordered that some lands in Hunan and Anhui should be given to young farmers who had reached adulthood. The order was intended to prevent landlords from seizing the land, as it also decreed that the titles to the lands were not transferable. During the middle part of his reign, the Hongwu Emperor passed an edict, stating that those who brought fallow land under cultivation could keep it as their property without being taxed. The policy was well received by the people and in 1393, cultivated land rose to 8,804,623 ching and 68 mou, something not achieved during any other Chinese dynasty.

The Hongwu Emperor instigated the planting of 50 million trees in the vicinity of Nanjing, reconstructing canals, irrigation, and transporting southern people to the north for repopulation. He successfully managed to increase the population from 60 to 100 million.[23]

Military

View of the Great Wall at Juyong Pass, reconstructed by the Ming dynasty.

The Hongwu Emperor realised that the Mongols still posed a threat to China, even though they had been driven away after the collapse of the Yuan dynasty. He decided to reassess the orthodox Confucian view that the military was an inferior class to the scholar bureaucracy. He kept a powerful army, which in 1384 he reorganised using a model known as the weisuo system (simplified Chinese: 卫所制; traditional Chinese: 衛所制; literally: "guard battalion"). Each military unit consisted of 5,600 men divided into five battalions and ten companies.[24] By 1393 the total number of weisuo troops had reached 1,200,000. Soldiers were also assigned land on which to grow crops whilst their positions were made hereditary. This type of system can be traced back to the fubing system (Chinese: 府兵制) of the Sui and Tang dynasties. While the Ming army was initially very effective, it was later affected by lack of preparation, and was defeated by the Mongols in 1449 during the Tumu Crisis.

Training was conducted within local military districts. In times of war, troops were mobilised from all over the empire on the orders of the Ministry of War, and commanders were appointed to lead them to battle. After the war, the army was disbanded into smaller groups and sent back to their respective districts, and the commanders had to return their authority to the state. This system helped to prevent military leaders from having too much power. The military was under the control of a civilian official for large campaigns, instead of a military general.

Nobility

When the Ming dynasty emerged Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang's military officers who served under him were given noble titles which privileged the holder with a stipend but in all other aspects was merely symbolic.[25] Mu Ying's family was among them.[26][27][28][29][30][31] Special rules against abuse of power were implemented on the nobles.[32]

Consolidating control

Manicheanism and White Lotus were prohibited and outlawed by Hongwu.[33]

The Hongwu Emperor expected everyone to obey his rule[34][35] and was infamous for killing many people during his purges.[36] His tortures included flaying and slow slicing.[37][38][39] One of his generals, Chang Yuchun, carried out massacres in some places in Shandong and Hunan provinces to take revenge against people who resisted his army.[40][41][42] As time went on, the Hongwu Emperor became increasingly fearful of rebellions and coups, even going so far as to order the execution of those of his advisers who dared criticise him.[43] He was also said to have ordered the massacre of several thousand people living in Nanjing after having heard one talked about him without respect.[44][45][46] In 1380, after much killing, a lightning bolt struck his palace and he stopped the massacres for some time as he was afraid divine forces would punish him.[47]

The Hongwu Emperor also noted the destructive role of court eunuchs under the previous dynasties. He drastically reduced their numbers, forbidding them to handle documents, insisting that they remain illiterate, and executing those who commented on state affairs. The emperor had a strong aversion to the eunuchs, epitomized by a tablet in his palace stipulating: "Eunuchs must have nothing to do with the administration". This aversion to eunuchs did not long continue among his successors, as the Hongwu and Jianwen emperors' harsh treatment of eunuchs allowed the Yongle Emperor to employ them as a power base during his coup.[1] In addition to the Hongwu Emperor's aversion to eunuchs, he never consented to any of his marital relatives becoming court officials. This policy was fairly well-maintained by later emperors, and no serious trouble was caused by the empresses or their relatives.

The Hongwu Emperor attempted, and largely succeeded in, the consolidation of control over all aspects of government, so that no other group could gain enough power to overthrow him. He also buttressed the country's defences against the Mongols. He increasingly concentrated power in his own hands. He abolished the Chancellor's post, which had been head of the main central administrative body under past dynasties, by suppressing a plot for which he had blamed his chief minister. Many argue that the Hongwu Emperor, because of his wish to concentrate absolute authority in his own hands, removed the only insurance against incompetent emperors.

However, the Hongwu Emperor could not govern the sprawling Ming Empire all by himself and had to create the new institution of the "Grand Secretary". This cabinet-like organisation progressively took on the powers of the abolished prime minister, becoming just as powerful in time. Ray Huang argued that Grand-Secretaries, outwardly powerless, could exercise considerable positive influence from behind the throne. Because of their prestige and the public trust which they enjoyed, they could act as intermediaries between the emperor and the ministerial officials, and thus provide a stabilising force in the court. He executed tens of thousand officials and their relatives over sedition, treason, corruption and other charges.[48][49][50][51][52][53][54]

In the Hongwu Emperor's elimination of the traditional offices of grand councilor, the primary impetus was Hu Weiyong's alleged attempt to usurp the throne. Hu was the Senior Grand Councilor and a capable administrator; however over the years, the magnitude of his powers as well as involvement in several political scandals eroded the paranoid emperor's trust in him. Finally, in 1380, the Hongwu Emperor had Hu and his entire family arrested and executed on charges of treason. Using this as an opportunity to purge his government, the emperor also ordered the execution of countless other officials, as well as their families, for associating with Hu. The purge lasted over a decade and resulted in more than 30,000 executions. In 1390, even Li Shanchang, one of the closest old friends of the emperor who was rewarded as the biggest contributor to the founding of the Ming Empire, was executed along with over 70 members of his extended family. A year after his death, a deputy in the Board of Works made a submission to the emperor appealing Li's innocence, arguing that since Li was already at the apex of honour, wealth and power, the accusation that he wanted to help someone else usurp the throne was clearly ridiculous. The Hongwu Emperor was unable to refute the accusations and finally ended the purge shortly afterwards.

Through the repeated purges and the elimination of the historical posts, the Hongwu Emperor fundamentally altered the centuries-old government structure of China, greatly increasing the emperor's absolutism.

The Hongwu Emperor was extremely authoritarian, a virtual dictator, and governed directly over all affairs. He wrote essays posted in every village throughout China warning the people to behave and of the horrifying consequences if they disobeyed.[23] The 1380s writings of Hongwu are known as the "Great warnings" or "Grand Pronouncements".[55] They were called "Ancestral injunctions".[56][57] He wrote the Six Maxims which inspired the Sacred Edict of the Kangxi Emperor,[58][59][60] 六諭[61] 聖諭六言[62][63][64][65][66]

The legal code drawn up in the time of the Hongwu Emperor was considered one of the great achievements of the era. The History of Ming mentioned that as early as 1364, the monarchy had started to draft a code of laws. This code was known as Code of the Great Ming or Laws of the Great Ming (大明律). The emperor devoted much time to the project and instructed his ministers that the code should be comprehensive and intelligible, so as not to allow any official to exploit loopholes in the code by deliberately misinterpreting it. The Ming code laid much emphasis on family relations. The code was a great improvement on the code of the Tang dynasty in regards to the treatment of slaves. Under the Tang code, slaves were treated as a species of domestic animal; if they were killed by a free citizen, the law imposed no sanction on the killer. Under the Ming dynasty, the law protected both slaves and free citizens.

Economic reform

Supported by the scholar-bureaucrats, the Hongwu Emperor accepted the Confucian viewpoint that merchants were solely parasitic. He felt that agriculture should be the country's source of wealth and that trade was ignoble. As a result, the Ming economic system emphasised agriculture, unlike the economic system of the Song dynasty, which had preceded the Yuan dynasty and had relied on traders and merchant for revenues. The Hongwu Emperor also supported the creation of self-supporting agricultural communities.

However, his prejudice against merchants did not diminish the numbers of traders. On the contrary, commerce increased significantly during the Hongwu era due to the growth of industry throughout the empire. This growth in trade was due in part to poor soil conditions and the overpopulation of certain areas, which forced many people to leave their homes and seek their fortunes in trade. A book titled Tu Pien Hsin Shu, written during the Ming dynasty, gave a detailed description about the activities of merchants at that time.

Educational reforms

Quan Tang, the Minister of Justice, stood up against Hongwu over his command to downgrade Mencius.[67]

At the Guozijian, law, math, calligraphy, equestrianism, and archery were emphasized by the Hongwu Emperor in addition to Confucian classics and also required in the Imperial Examinations.[14][68][69][70][71][72] Archery and equestrianism were added to the exam by Hongwu in 1370 like how archery and equestrianism were required for non-military officials at the 武舉 College of War in 1162 by the Song Emperor Xiaozong.[73] The area around the Meridian Gate of Nanjing was used for archery by guards and generals under Hongwu.[74] A cavalry based army modeled on the Yuan military was implemented by the Hongwu and Yongle Emperors.[75] Hongwu's army and officialdom incorporated Mongols.[76]

Equestrianism and archery were favorite pastimes of He Suonan who served in the Yuan and Ming militaries under Hongwu.[77] Archery towers were built by Zhengtong Emperor at the Forbidden City.[78] Archery towers were built on the city walls of Xi'an erected by Hongwu.[79]

Main article: Huihui Lifa

Around 1384, the Hongwu Emperor ordered the Chinese translation and compilation of Islamic astronomical tables, a task that was carried out by the scholars Mashayihei, a Muslim astronomer, and Wu Bozong, a Chinese scholar-official. These tables came to be known as the Huihui Lifa (Muslim System of Calendrical Astronomy), which was published in China a number of times until the early 18th century,[80]

Religious policy

The Jinjue Mosque in Nanjing was constructed by the decree of the Hongwu Emperor.

The Hongwu Emperor ordered the construction of several mosques in Nanjing, Yunnan, Guangdong and Fujian provinces,[81] and had inscriptions praising the Islamic prophet Muhammad placed in mosques. He rebuilt the Jinjue Mosque (literally meaning: Pure Enlightenment Mosque) in Nanjing and large numbers of Hui people moved to the city during his rule.[82]

Chinese sources claim that the Hongwu Emperor had close relations with Muslims, and had around ten Muslim generals in his military,[83] including Lan Yu, Ding Dexing, Mu Ying, Feng Sheng and Hu Dahai, and that "His Majesty ordered to have mosques built in Xijing and Nanjing [the capitals], and in southern Yunnan, Fujian and Guangdong." He also personally wrote a 100 word praise (baizizan) on Islam, Allah and the Prophet Muhammad.[84]

During the war fighting the Mongols, among the Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang's armies was the Hui Muslim Feng Sheng.[85]

Foreign policy

Vietnam

The Hongwu Emperor was a non interventionist, refusing to intervene in a Vietnamese invasion of Champa to help the Chams, only rebuking the Vietnamese for their invasion, being opposed to military action abroad.[86] He specifically warned future Emperors only to defend against foreign barbarians, and not engage in military campaigns for glory and conquest.[87] In his 1395 ancestral injunctions, the emperor specifically wrote that China should not attack Champa, Cambodia or Annam (Vietnam).[88][89] He was advised to concentrate on defending against the Rong and Di "Barbarians", rather than attacking.[90] With the exception of his turn against aggressive expansion, much of Taizu's foreign policy and his diplomatic institutions were based on Yuan practice.[91]

"Japanese" pirates
Main articles: Wokou and Haijin

The Hongwu Emperor sent a harsh message to the Japanese that his army would "capture and exterminate your bandits, head straight for your country, and put your king in bonds".[92] In fact, many of the "dwarf pirates" and "eastern barbarians" raiding his coasts were Chinese[93][94] and the Hongwu Emperor's response was almost entirely passive. The Ashikaga shogun cheekily replied that "Your great empire may be able to invade Japan but our small state is not short of a strategy to defend ourselves"[95] and the necessity of protecting his state against the Northern Yuan remnants[96] meant that the most the Hongwu Emperor was able to accomplish was a series of "sea ban" measures. Private foreign trade was made punishable by death, with the trader's family and neighbors exiled;[97] ships, docks, and shipyards were destroyed and ports sabotaged.[98] The initial conception seems to have been to use the Japanese need for Chinese goods to force them to terms,[95] but it was at odds with Chinese tradition and extremely counterproductive: it tied up resources (74 coastal garrisons were established from Guangzhou to Shandong, albeit mostly manned by local gangs) and limited tax receipts,[98] impoverished and provoked both coastal Chinese and Japanese against the regime,[95] increasing piracy,[94] and offered too little—decennial tribute missions comprising only two ships—as a reward for good behavior and enticement for Japanese authorities to root out their smugglers and pirates.[95] In fact, piracy dropped to negligible levels upon the abolition of the policy in 1568.[94]

Nonetheless, the sea ban was added by the Hongwu Emperor to his Ancestral Injunctions[98] and so continued to be broadly enforced through most of the rest of his dynasty: for the next two centuries, the rich farmland of the south and the military theaters of the north were linked only by the Jinghang Canal.[99]

Byzantine Empire

The History of Ming, compiled during the early Qing dynasty, describes how the Hongwu Emperor met with an alleged merchant of Fu lin (拂菻; i.e. the Byzantine Empire) named "Nieh-ku-lun" (捏古倫). In September 1371 he had this man sent back to his native country with a letter announcing the founding of the Ming dynasty to his ruler (i.e. John V Palaiologos).[100][101][102] It is speculated that the merchant was actually a former bishop of Khanbaliq (Beijing) called Nicolaus de Bentra, sent by Pope John XXII to replace archbishop John of Montecorvino in 1333.[100][103] The History of Ming goes on to explain that contacts between China and Fu lin ceased after this point, whereas diplomats of the great western sea (i.e. the Mediterranean Sea) did not appear in China again until the 16th century, with the Italian Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci.[100]

Development of the dynasty

A stele carried by a giant stone tortoise at the Hongwu Emperor's Mausoleum

Although the Hongwu era saw the introduction of paper currency, its development was stifled from the beginning. Not understanding inflation, the Hongwu Emperor gave out so much paper money as rewards that by 1425, the state was forced to reintroduce copper coins because the paper currency had sunk to only 1/70 of its original value.

During the Hongwu era, the Ming Empire was characterised by rapid and dramatic population growth, largely due to the increased food supply from the emperor's agricultural reforms.[104] By the end of the Ming dynasty, the population had risen by as much as 50%. This was stimulated by major improvements in agricultural technology, promoted by the pro-agrarian state which came to power in the midst of a pro-Confucian peasant's rebellion. During his reign, living standards also greatly improved.

Death

The Hongwu Emperor died on June 24, 1398 after reigning for 30 years at the age of 69. After his death, his physicians were penalised. He was buried at Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum on the Purple Mountain, east of Nanjing.

Assessment

Historians consider the Hongwu Emperor to have been one of the most significant emperors of China. As historian Ebrey puts it, "Seldom has the course of Chinese history been influenced by a single personality as much as it was by the founder of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang."[105] His rise to power was fast despite his having a poor and humble origin. In 11 years, he went from being a penniless monk to the most powerful warlord in China. Five years later, he became emperor of China. Simon Leys described him this way:

'an adventurer from peasant stock, poorly educated, a man of action, a bold and shrewd tactician, a visionary mind, in many respects a creative genius; naturally coarse, cynical, and ruthless, he eventually showed symptoms of paranoia, bordering on psychopathy.'[106]

Family

Parents and ancestors

Zhu's parents, grandparents, great-grandparents and great-great-grandparents were given posthumous imperial titles.

The great-great-grandfather of the Emperor was given the posthumous name of Emperor Xuan and the temple name Dezu, and the great-great-grandmother was given the title of Empress Xuan. The great-grandfather was given the posthumous name of Emperor Heng and the temple name Yizu, and the great-grandmother was given the title of Empress Heng. The grandfather of the Emperor was given the posthumous name of Emperor Yu and the temple name Xizu, and the grandmother was given the title of Empress Yu. The father of the Emperor was given the posthumous name of Emperor Chun and the temple name Renzu, and the mother of the Emperor, whose maiden name was Chen, was given the title of Empress Chun.[107]

Consorts

Formal Title Maiden Name Birth Death Father Mother Issue Notes
Empress Xiaocigao
孝慈高皇后 		Family name:
Ma (馬)[108] 		1332
Suzhou, Anhui 		1382 Ma Gong
馬公 		Lady Zheng
鄭媼 		Zhu Biao, Crown Prince Yiwen
Zhu Shuang, Prince Min of Qin
Zhu Gang, Prince Gong of Jin
Zhu Di, Yongle Emperor
Zhu Su, Prince Ding of Zhou
Princess Ning
Princess Anqing 		There are claims that she was childless and these children were adopted
Noble Consort Chengmu
成穆貴妃 		Family name:
Sun (孫)[109] 		1343
Chenzhou 		1374 – – Princess Huaiqing
Consort Li
李淑妃 		Li (李) Shouzhou – Li Jie
李傑 		– –
Consort Ning
寧妃 		Guo (郭) Haozhou – Guo Shanfu
郭山甫 		–
Consort Hui
惠妃 		Guo (郭) – – Guo Zixing
郭子興 		– Zhu Tan, Prince Huang of Lu
Zhu Chun, Prince Xian of Shu
Zhu Gui, Prince Jian of Dai
Zhu Hui, Prince of Gu
Princess Zhenyi of Yongjia
Princess Ruyang
Consort Zhuangjing'anronghui
莊靖安榮惠妃 		Cui (崔) – – – –
Consort Jiang
江貴妃
Jiang (江) 		– – – – –
Consort Zhao
趙貴妃
Zhao (趙) 		– – – – Zhu Mo, Prince Jian of Shen
Consort Zhaojingchong
昭敬充妃 		Hu (胡) – – – – –
Consort An
安妃 		Zheng (鄭) – – – – Princess Fuqing
Consort Ding
定妃		 Da (達) – – – – Zhu Fu, Prince of Qi
Zhu Zi, Prince of Dan
Consort Shun
順妃 		Hu (胡) – – – – Zhu Bai, Prince Xian of Xiang
Consort Shun
順妃 		Im (任) Goryeo – – – – Korean
Consort Xian
賢妃 		Li (李) – – – – Zhu Jing, Prince Ding of Tang
Consort Hui
惠妃 		Liu (劉) – – – – Zhu Dong, Prince Jing of Ying
Consort Li
麗妃		Ge (葛)-----
Consort Gong
碽妃		Gong (碽)Goryeo----Korean; was given to the Hongwu Emperor as tribute from Goryeo;
speculated by some to be the biological mother of the Yongle Emperor
Consort Han
韓妃		Han (韓)Goryeo--- Zhu Zhi, Prince Jian of Liao
Princess Hanshan 		Korean
Consort Yu
余妃		Yu (余)-----
Consort Yang
楊妃		Yang (楊)---- Zhu Quan, Prince Xian of Ning
Consort Zhou
周妃		Zhou (周)---- Zhu Pian, Prince Zhuang of Min
Zhu Song, Prince Xian of Han
Li Jieyu
李婕妤		Lee (李)Goryeo----Korean
Beauty Lady Cui
崔美人		Choi (崔)Goryeo----Korean
Beauty Lady Zhang
張美人		Zhang (張)---- Princess Baoqing
Lady Gao
郜氏		Gao (郜)---- Zhu Ying, Prince Zhuang of Su Was not given a formal consort name

The Hongwu Emperor treated his ladies-in-waiting badly, forcing them to live in the palaces for life without freedom and behind cemented walls.[110][111] He massacred thousands of them.[112][113][114] He restricted the freedom of many concubines and killed several.[115][116][117] He also forced many of them to commit suicide and ordered that they will be buried with him after his death.[118] He had several Korean concubines, including Lady Han, who bore him a son, and Lady Gong.[119]

Sons

Number Name Formal Title Born Died Mother Spouse Issue Notes
1 Zhu Biao
朱標 		Crown Prince Yiwen
懿文太子 		10 October 1355 17 May 1392 Empress Xiaocigao Lady Chang
Lady Lü 		Zhu Xiongying, Prince Huai of Yu
Zhu Yunwen, Jianwen Emperor
Zhu Yuntong, Prince of Wu
Zhu Yunjian, Prince of Heng
Zhu Yunhuo, Prince Jian of Xu
Princess Jiangdou
Princess Yilun
unnamed daughter
Princess Nanping
2 Zhu Shuang
朱樉 		Prince Min of Qin
秦愍王 		3 December 1356 9 April 1395 Empress Xiaocigao Lady Wang
Lady Deng 		Zhu Shangbing, Prince Huai of Qin
Zhu Shanglie, Prince Yijian of Yongxing
Zhu Shangyu, Prince Daoxi of Bao'an
Zhu Shangzhou, Prince Gongjing of Xingping
Zhu Shanghong, Prince Huaijian of Yongshou
Zhu Shangkai, Prince of Anding
Princess Pucheng
Princess Chang'an
3 Zhu Gang
朱棡 		Prince Gong of Jin
晉恭王 		18 December 1358 22 April 1398 Empress Xiaocigao Lady Xie Zhu Jixi, Prince Ding of Jin
Zhu Jiye, Prince of Gaoping
Zhu Jihuang, Prince of Jin
Zhu Jixuan, Prince of Qingcheng
Zhu Jihuan, Prince of Ninghua
Zhu Jilang, Prince of Yonghe
Zhu Jihe, Prince of Guangchang
two unnamed daughters
Princess Rongcheng
4 Zhu Di
朱棣 		Prince of Yan
燕王
Later the Yongle Emperor 		2 May 1360 12 August 1424 Empress Xiaocigao
[disputed] 		Xu Yihua, Empress Renxiaowen
20 concubines 		Zhu Gaochi, Hongzhi Emperor
Zhu Gaoxu, Prince of Han
Zhu Gaosui, Prince Jian of Zhao
Zhu Gaoxi
Princess Yong'an
Princess Yongping
Princess Ancheng
Princess Xianning
Princess Changning
5 Zhu Su
朱橚 		Prince Ding of Zhou
周定王 		8 October 1361 2 September 1425 Empress Xiaocigao – 26 children
6 Zhu Zhen
朱楨 		Prince Zhao of Chu
楚昭王 		5 April 1364 22 March 1424 Consort Chong – 10 sons
7 Zhu Fu
朱榑 		Prince of Qi
齊王 		1364 1428 Consort Ding – Zhu Xianting
Zhu Xianhuo, Prince Daoyin of Le'an
Zhu Xian𤊥, Prince of Changshan
Zhu Xian'an, Prince of Pingyuan
Zhu Xianhe
8 Zhu Zi
朱梓 		Prince of Dan
潭王 		– 1390 Consort Ding Lady Yu
(daughter of Yu Xian (于顯)) 		none
9 Zhu Qi
朱杞 		Prince of Zhao
趙王 		October 1369 16 January 1371 unknown none none
10 Zhu Tan[120][121]
朱檀 		Prince Huang of Lu
魯荒王 		15 March 1370 1389 Consort Hui Lady Tang
(daughter of Tang He (湯和)) 		Zhu Zhaohui, Prince Jing of Lu
11 Zhu Chun
朱椿 		Prince Xian of Shu
蜀獻王 		1371 1423 Consort Hui Lady Lan
(daughter of Lan Yu)		 11 children
12 Zhu Bai
朱柏 		Prince Xian of Xiang
湘獻王 		1371 1399 Consort Shun Lady Wu
(niece of Wu Gao (吳高)) 		no sons
13 Zhu Gui
朱桂 		Prince Jian of Dai
代簡王 		25 August 1374 29 December 1446 Consort Hui Lady Xu
14 Zhu Ying
朱楧 		Prince Zhuang of Su
肅莊王 		1376 1419 Lady Gao – Zhu Shanyan, Prince Kang of Su
15 Zhu Zhi
朱植 		Prince Jian of Liao
遼簡王 		– 1424 Consort Han – 20 sons
16 Zhu Zhan
朱㮵 		Prince Jing of Qing
慶靖王 		6 February 1378 23 August 1438 Consort Yu Lady Sun
(daughter of Sun Da (孫達)) 		six sons
17 Zhu Quan
朱權[122] 		Prince Xian of Ning
寧獻王 		1378 1448 Consort Yang – 16 children
18 Zhu Pian
朱楩 		Prince Zhuang of Min
岷莊王 		10 April 1379 10 May 1450 Consort Zhou – Zhu Huiyi
Zhu Huirou, Prince Gong of Min
Zhu Huimei, Prince Gonghui of Jiangchuan
Zhu Huiye, Prince of Guangtong
Zhu Huixi, Prince of Yangzong
19 Zhu Hui
朱橞 		Prince of Gu
谷王 		30 April 1379 1428 Consort Hui Lady Zhou
(daughter of Zhou Duo (週鐸)) 		Zhu Fuzhuo
Zhu Fuyue
Zhu Fuxin
20 Zhu Song
朱松 		Prince Xian of Han
韓憲王 		26 June 1380 19 November 1407 Consort Zhou Lady Feng 4 sons
21 Zhu Mo
朱模 		Prince Jian of Shen
瀋簡王 		1 September 1380 1431 Consort Zhao Lady Guo
(daughter of Guo Ying (郭英))
Lady Zhang 		7 sons
22 Zhu Ying
朱楹 		Prince Hui of An
安惠王 		18 October 1383 9 October 1417 – Lady Xu
(youngest daughter of Xu Da) 		no sons
23 Zhu Jing
朱桱 		Prince Ding of Tang
唐定王 		11 October 1386 8 September 1415 Consort Xian – Zhu Qiongjing, Prince Jing of Tang
Zhu Qiongda, Prince Xian of Tang
Zhu Qiongwei, Prince Daohuai of Xinye
24 Zhu Dong
朱棟 		Prince Jing of Ying
郢靖王 		21 June 1388 14 November 1414 Consort Hui Lady Guo
(daughter of Guo Ying, Marquess of Wuding) 		4daughters
25 Zhu Yi
朱㰘 		Prince Li of Yi
伊厲王 		9 July 1388 8 October 1414 Consort Li Lady Liu Zhu Yonggui, Prince Jian of Yi[123]
26 Zhu Nan
朱楠 		none 4 January 1394 1394 – none none Died about one month after his birth.

One of the Princes was noted for delinquent behavior. Zhu Shuang 朱樉 (Prince Min of Qin 秦愍王) while he was high on drugs, had some Tibetan boys castrated and Tibetan women seized after a war against minority Tibetan peoples and as a result was reprimanded after he died from overdose.[124][125][126][127][128][129] 征西番，將番人七八歲幼女擄到一百五十名，又將七歲，八歲，九歲，十歲男童，閹割百五十五名，未及二十日，令人馱背赴府，致命去處所傷未好，即便挪動，因傷致死著大

Hongu had a "mirror" 宗藩昭鑒錄 宗藩昭鉴录 宗藩昭鑑錄 written for Ming Princes to educate them and stop misbehavior after having to discilpine his nephew Zhu Wenzheng's son, grandnephew Zhu Shouqian.[130][131]

Daughters

Number Title Born Died Date Married Spouse Issue Mother Notes
1 Princess Lin'an
臨安公主 		1360 17 August 1421 1376 Li Qi
李祺
(son of Li Shanchang, Duke of Han) 		– –
2 Princess Ning
寧國公主 		1364 7 September 1434 1378 Mei Yin
梅殷
(second son of Mei Sizu, Marquess of Runan) 		– Empress Xiao Ci Gao
3 Princess Chongning
崇寧公主 		– – 21 December 1384 Niu Cheng
牛城 		– –
4 Princess Anqing
安慶公主 		– – 23 December 1381 Ouyang Lun
歐陽倫 		– Empress Xiaocigao
5 Princess Running
汝寧公主 		– – 11 June 1382 Lu Xian
陸賢
(son of Lu Zhongheng, Marquess of Ji'an) 		– –
6 Princess Huaiqing
懷慶公主 		– 15 July 1425 11 September 1382 Wang Ning, Marquess of Yongchun
永春侯 		Wang Zhenliang
王貞亮
Wang Zhenqing
王貞慶 		Noble Consort Cheng Mu
7 Princess Daming
大名公主 		1368 30 March 1426 2 September 1382 Li Jian, Marquess of Luancheng
灤城侯李堅
(son of Li Ying (李英)) 		Li Zhuang
李莊 		–
8 Princess Fuqing
福清公主 		– 28 February 1417 26 April 1385 Zhang Lin
張麟
(son of Zhang Long, Marquess of Fengxiang) 		– Consort An
9 Princess Shouchun
壽春公主 		1370 1 August 1388 9 April 1386 Fu Zhong
傅忠
(son of Fu Youde, Duke of Ying) 		– –
10 none – – none none none – Died young
11 Princess Nankang
南康公主 		1373 15 November 1438 1387 Hu Guan
胡觀
(third son of Hu Hai, Marquess of Dongchuan) 		– –
12 Princess Zhenyi of Yongjia
永嘉貞懿公主 		1376 12 October 1455 23 November 1389 Guo Zhen
郭鎮
(son of Guo Ying, Marquess of Wuding) 		Guo Zhensi
郭珍嗣 		Consort Hui
13 none – – none none none – Died young
14 Princess Hanshan
含山公主 		1381 18 October 1462 11 September 1394 Yin Qing
尹清 		– Consort Han
15 Princess Ruyang
汝陽公主 		– – 23 August 1394 Xie Da
謝達 		– Consort Hui
16 Princess Baoqing
寶慶公主 		1394 1433 1413 Zhao Hui
趙輝 		– Beauty Lady Zhang
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Notes

  1. ↑ The Hongwu Emperor was already in control of Nanjing since 1356 and was conferred the title of "Duke of Wu" (吳國公) by the rebel leader Han Lin'er (韓林兒) in 1361. He started autonomous rule as the self-proclaimed "Prince of Wu" (吳王) on 4 February 1364. He was proclaimed emperor on 23 January 1368 and established the Ming dynasty on that same day.
  2. 1 2 3 Different from the above
  3. ↑ Name given by his parents at birth and used only inside the family and friends. This birth name, which means "double eight", was allegedly given to him because the combined age of his parents when he was born was 88 years.
  4. ↑ He was known as "Zhu Xingzong" when he reached adulthood and renamed himself "Zhu Yuanzhang" in 1352 when he started to become famous among the rebel leaders.
  5. ↑ Upon his successful usurpation in 1402, the Yongle Emperor voided the Jianwen era of his predecessor and continued the Hongwu era posthumously until the next New Year when his own new era was declared. This dating continued for a few of his successors until the Jianwen era was reëstablished in the late 16th century.

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