The Hongwu Emperor (21 October 1328 – 24 June 1398), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Taizu of Ming (明太祖), personal name Zhu Yuanzhang (朱元璋;...

prince of the Hongwu Emperor, the founder of the Ming dynasty. Zhu Biao died at the age of 37 in 1392, after which the Hongwu Emperor named Zhu Yunwen...

imperial consort of the Ming dynasty. She was the principal wife of the Hongwu Emperor and acted as his adviser in politics, exerting a large amount of influence...

dynasty, reigning from 1402 to 1424. Zhu Di was the fourth son of the Hongwu Emperor, the founder of the Ming dynasty. He was originally enfeoffed as the...

Southern Ming—survived until 1662. The Ming dynasty's founder, the Hongwu Emperor (r. 1368–1398), attempted to create a society of self-sufficient rural...

February 1399) was the era name (nianhao) of the Hongwu Emperor (reigned 1368–1398), the Chinese emperor who founded the Ming dynasty that ruled China from...

by emperors of different dynasties, they are usually preceded by the dynastic name, in this case, Ming, to avoid confusion. For example, the Hongwu Emperor...

After Zhu Yuanzhang (Hongwu Emperor) founded the Ming dynasty, he designated his eldest son, Zhu Biao, as crown prince, and enfeoffed all of his other...

power in the Central Plains. The founder of the Ming dynasty was the Hongwu Emperor (21 October 1328 – 24 June 1398), who is also known variably by his...

Hongwu Emperor Jianwen Emperor Yongle Emperor Hongxi Emperor Xuande Emperor Emperor Yingzong of Ming Jingtai Emperor Chenghua Emperor Hongzhi Emperor...

palace and completely dependent on the emperor grew. During the reign of the Hongwu Emperor, the first Ming emperor, eunuchs were prohibited from communicating...

and establishing the Ming dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang – crowned as the Hongwu Emperor – conducted military expeditions to North China and defeated the Yuan...

Ming, founded by the peasant rebel leader Zhu Yuanzhang, known as the Hongwu Emperor, was an imperial dynasty of China. It was the successor to the Yuan...

dispatched a large army against the Northern Yuan the next year. The Hongwu Emperor of the Ming dynasty decided to exterminate Naghachu's force in Manchuria...

Chinese: 朱標; pinyin: Zhū Biāo; 10 October 1355 – 17 May 1392) was the Hongwu Emperor's eldest son and crown prince of the Ming dynasty. His early death created...

notes were trading at about 0.014% of its original value under the Hongwu Emperor.) The notes remained in circulation as late as 1573 but their printing...

the Hongwu Emperor that Hu was not suitable for the position of prime minister. Liu died soon after, possibly having been poisoned by the emperor and...

the emperor's mother. Empress Ma was the wife of the Hongwu Emperor, the founder of the dynasty, and Empress Xu was the wife of the Yongle Emperor, the...

predecessors, the Hongzhi Emperor can be considered one of the most successful rulers of the Ming dynasty, alongside emperors Hongwu and Yongle. Zhu Youcheng...

1393, Lan was accused of plotting a rebellion and put to death by the Hongwu Emperor. About 15,000 people were implicated in the case and executed as part...

Kingdom Guo Wei (904–954) of Later Zhou Emperor Taizu of Song (927–976) Emperor Taizu of Jin (1068–1123) Hongwu Emperor (1328–1398) of the Ming dynasty Ming...

bear the reign name of a reigning Ming dynasty Emperor bearing the reign title of the Hongwu Emperor. Hongwu Tongbao cash coins officially replaced the earlier...

Prince Ding of Tang, who was the 23rd son of Ming founder Zhu Yuanzhang (Hongwu Emperor). Before ascending to the throne, he followed his father as the Prince...

marked the unification of China proper by the Hongwu Emperor. After the Battle of Lake Poyang, the Hongwu Emperor defeated the rivaling warlords Chen Youliang...

the late Yuan dynasty and early Ming dynasty. He was a friend of the Hongwu Emperor, the founder and first ruler of the Ming dynasty, and assisted him in...

was founded in 1368 during the Red Turban Rebellion by Zhu Yuanzhang (Hongwu Emperor). The military was initially organised along largely hereditary lines...

Ming dynasty. Directed by Feng Xiaoning and starring Hu Jun as the Hongwu emperor, the series was first aired on CCTV in China in 2006. Turmoil engulfs...

beginning of the Ming Dynasty. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the Hongwu Emperor chose Nanjing as the capital. Shen helped to build one third of the...

changed to "Hongwu Year 32" (洪武三十二年) in order to establish himself as the legitimate successor of the Hongwu Emperor, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty...

imperial secret police that served the emperors of the Ming dynasty in China. The guard was founded by the Hongwu Emperor in 1368 to serve as his personal bodyguards...