The Yongle Emperor (2 May 1360 – 12 August 1424), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Chengzu of Ming, personal name Zhu Di, was the third emperor...

Yung-lo Ta-tien; lit. 'Great Canon of Yongle') Chinese leishu encyclopedia commissioned by the Yongle Emperor (r. 1402–1424) of the Ming dynasty in 1403...

that placed the Prince of Yan upon the throne as the Yongle Emperor in 1402. The Yongle Emperor established Yan as a secondary capital and renamed it...

Zhu Gaochi, was the fourth emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigned from 1424 to 1425. He was the eldest son of the Yongle Emperor and Empress Renxiaowen and...

military disciplines. This impressed Yongle Emperor, who shared Zhu Zhanji's love for hunting and riding. Yongle allowed him to accompany him on hunting...

The Yongle Emperor's campaigns against the Mongols happened from 1410 to 1424. It comprised five aggressive military expeditions by Ming China's armies...

previous emperor, the Hongwu Emperor, as being too harsh. After taking the throne, he cancelled these laws, but his successor, the Yongle Emperor, later...

son, the future Taichang Emperor. The only successful violator of the succession rules was the Yongle Emperor, the third emperor of the dynasty. He gained...

group that the Yongle Emperor had to cooperate with and appease. Historian Michael Chang points out that the Yongle Emperor was an "emperor on horseback"...

1406, the Yongle Emperor expressed horror when the Ryukyuans castrated some of their own children to give them to the emperor. The Yongle Emperor said that...

Yongle Emperor (r. 1402–1424). Between 1405 and 1433, Zheng commanded seven treasure voyages across Asia under the commission of the Yongle Emperor and...

[citation needed] After a successful insurrection against Jianwen Emperor, the Yongle Emperor orders the execution of many high-ranking officials of the court...

Ming emperor, the Hongwu Emperor, is located near his capital Nanjing; the second emperor, the Jianwen Emperor, was overthrown by the Yongle Emperor and...

the Ming dynasty. He served as Grand Secretary during the reigns of emperors Yongle, Hongxi, Xuande, and Yingzong from 1402 until his death, with a brief...

especially during the reign of the Yongle Emperor. The early Ming emperors from the Hongwu Emperor to the Zhengde Emperor continued Yuan practices such as...

16th century. Conferred by the Jianwen Emperor Conferred by the Yongle Emperor Changed by the Jiajing Emperor simplified Chinese: 国瑞; traditional Chinese:...

undertaken by Ming China's treasure fleet between 1405 and 1433. The Yongle Emperor ordered the construction of the fleet in 1403. The grand project resulted...

during the reign of the Yongle Emperor from 1402 to 1407. However, his career was cut short due to the animosity of the emperor's younger son, Zhu Gaoxu...

the Hongwu Emperor, and his son, the Yongle Emperor, produced tributary states of many Central Asian countries. In 1394, the Hongwu Emperor's ambassadors...

the emperor changed the Yongle Emperor's temple name from "Taizong" to "Chengzu". It is believed that the Jiajing Emperor's interest in the Yongle Emperor...

dynasty took control of the Delhi Sultanate. Under the rule of the Yongle Emperor, who built the Forbidden City and commanded Zheng He to explore the...

It was created by the Yongle Emperor. After the Yongle Emperor usurped the throne in 1402 from his nephew, the Jianwen Emperor, he attempted to retain...

1362 – 6 August 1407), of the Xu clan, was the empress consort to the Yongle Emperor and the third empress of China's Ming dynasty. She was well educated...

replaced. Li plotted to betray the Jianwen Emperor and later switched sides to support Zhu Di (later the Yongle Emperor). However, Li was then convicted of corruption...

Nanjing on 6 July 1411 and presented the Sinhalese captives to the Yongle Emperor, who eventually decided to free Alakeshvara and return him to Sri Lanka...

the emperor assumed full decision-making power for all matters beyond the jurisdiction of individual ministries. The third emperor, Yongle Emperor, personally...

Thương, but still held power. In May 1403, he sent a message to the Ming emperor Yongle in Nanjing asking for recognition of his son's rule, on the grounds...

the Ming dynasty. He was appointed as Grand Secretary in 1402 by the Yongle Emperor and held this position until his death. From 1418 to 1424, he served...

Yongle emperor of the Ming dynasty. In 1416, Ming envoys Chen Cheng and Lu An presented silk and silver stuffs to Ulugh Beg on behalf of the Yongle emperor...

resulted in the disappearance of the Jianwen Emperor, and the Prince of Yan becoming the new Yongle Emperor. He was left in Beijing together with Zhu Gaochi...