Zhu Rongji is a retired Chinese politician who served as the premier of China from 1998 to 2003 and member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1992 to 2002 along with CCP general secretary Jiang Zemin.
The Hongwu Emperor,also known by his temple name as the Emperor Taizu of Ming (明太祖),personal name Zhu Yuanzhang,courtesy name Guorui,was the founding emperor of the Ming dynasty,reigning from 1368 to 1398.
Chen Youliang was the founder and first emperor of the dynastic state of Chen Han in Chinese history. He was one of the military leaders and heroes of the people's revolution at the end of the Yuan dynasty.
Liu Ji,courtesy name Bowen,better known as Liu Bowen,was a Chinese military strategist,philosopher,and politician who lived in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties. He was born in Qingtian County. He served as a key advisor to Zhu Yuanzhang,the Hongwu Emperor,the founder of the Ming dynasty,in the latter's struggle to overthrow the Yuan dynasty and unify China proper under his rule. Liu is also known for his prophecies and has been described as the "Divine Chinese Nostradamus". He and Jiao Yu co-edited the military treatise known as the Huolongjing.
Xu Da (1332–1385),courtesy name Tiande,known by his title as Duke of Wei (魏國公),later posthumously as Prince of Zhongshan (中山王),was a Chinese military general and official who lived in 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 overthrowing the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty and establishing the Ming dynasty. He was also the father of Empress Xu,who married the third Ming ruler,the Yongle Emperor,and maternal grandfather of the Hongxi Emperor. All but two subsequent Ming and Southern Ming emperors were descended from him.
The Red Turban Rebellions were uprisings against the Yuan dynasty between 1351 and 1368,eventually leading to its collapse. Remnants of the Yuan imperial court retreated northwards and is thereafter known as the Northern Yuan in historiography.
Chang Yuchun,courtesy name Boren and art name Yanheng,was a Chinese military general of the Ming dynasty. He was a follower of Zhu Yuanzhang,the founding emperor of the Ming dynasty,and contributed heavily to the establishment of the Ming Empire. He was famous for his bravery and formidable prowess in battle,which earned him the nickname of "Chang Hundred-Thousand" (常十万),because he alone was said to be as effective as a force of 100,000 troops.
Zhu is the pinyin romanization of five Chinese surnames:朱,祝,竺,猪 and 諸.
Zhang Shicheng,born Zhang Jiusi (張九四),was one of the leaders of the Red Turban Rebellion in the late Yuan dynasty of China.
Zhu Qingshi FRSC is a Chinese physical chemist and writer. He is the former president of the University of Science and Technology of China (1998-2008),and the founding president of Southern University of Science and Technology (2009-2014).
The House of Zhu was a Chinese imperial ruling house of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) and Southern Ming dynasty (1644–1662). They also held the title "Duke of Wu" and "King of Wu" from 1361 to 1368 as well as "Marquis of Zhu" from 1725 to 1929.
Laba congee is a Chinese ceremonial congee dish traditionally eaten on the eighth day of the twelfth month in the Chinese calendar.
Empress Xiaocigao,commonly known as Empress Ma,was an 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 during his reign.
The Ming Ancestors Mausoleum,Ming Ancestor Tomb,or Zuling Tomb was the first imperial mausoleum complex of the Ming dynasty,constructed at a geomantically advantageous site near the inlet of the Huai River into the west side of Hongze Lake in present-day Xuyi County,Huai'an Prefecture,Jiangsu Province,China. Built between 1386 and 1413 by Zhu Yuanzhang—the Hongwu Emperor who founded the Ming—and his son Zhu Di the Yongle Emperor to display their filial piety,it was located north of the town of Sizhou,where the ancestors of the dynasty had lived. The remains of the Hongwu Emperor's grandfather Zhu Chuyi are known to have been disintered and moved to the site. He,his father Zhu Sijiu,and his grandfather Zhu Bailiu were posthumously revered at the site as honorary emperors,Zhu Chuyi as the Xi Ancestor of the Ming (Xizu),Zhu Sijiu as the Yi Ancestor of the Ming (Yizu),and Zhu Bailiu as the De Ancestor of the Ming (Dezu).
The Huang-Ming Zuxun were admonitions left by the Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang,the founder of the Chinese Ming dynasty,to his descendants. The text was composed in 1373 under the title Record of the Ancestor's Instructions;this was changed to Huang Ming Zu Xun during the publication of the 1395 edition.
She Xiang (1358-1396) was a member of the Yi people（彝）. She Zi（舍兹）is her Yi（彝）name. Guizhou female Shui Xi soil department during the Ming Dynasty. She is well-respected for her accomplishments in constructing roads and bridges as well as mediating conflicts between the Yi and Han ethnic groups.
Langya Temple is a Buddhist temple located on Mount Langya (琅琊山),in Langya District of Chuzhou,Anhui,China.
Events from the year 1360 in China.
Wuyuan was the regnal year used by the Western Wu regime prior to Zhu Yuanzhang's establishment of the Ming dynasty. On New Year's Day of 1364,Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself the Prince of Wu (吴王) in Yingtian Prefecture and established the Western Wu regime. He nominally respected the Han Song regime but suspended the Longfeng era name. In December 1366,Han Lin'er,emperor of Han Song,was drowned in a shipwreck while crossing the Yangtze River. Zhu Yuanzhang took the next year (1367) as "Wu 1". On 23 January 1368,Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor in Yingtian Prefecture,establishing the Ming dynasty with the era name "Hongwu".
Wang Guangyang,courtesy name Chaozong (朝宗),was a Chinese official who served as a chancellor during the reign of the Hongwu Emperor in the Ming dynasty. Serving in both the military and civil bureaucracies,he ascended as high as the position of Grand Chancellor of the Right (右丞相).
