花崗齋雜記

Jottings from the Granite Studio provides commentary, analysis, and opinion on China and Chinese history. It is written by Jeremiah Jenne, a PhD Candidate at a large public research university in Northern California. Currently, Jeremiah is in Beijing teaching history, doing archival research, and working on his dissertation.

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The Historical Record for July 13, 2008

On this date in 1402, the second Ming emperor Zhu Yunwen (朱允炆 b. 1377) died in a palace fire.  Reigning as the Jianwen Emperor (建文 r. 1399-1402), Yunwen as the grandson of Ming founder Zhu Yuanzhang (朱元璋 r. 1368-1398).  After taking the throne, Zhu Yuanzhang enacted a series of reforms/edicts, one of which was to mandate [...]

July 13th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Chinese History, The Historical Record | Comments are closed