Zhu Youyuan
| Zhu Youyuan 朱祐杬 | |||||||||||||
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| Prince of Xing | |||||||||||||
| Tenure | 30 July 1487 – 13 July 1519 | ||||||||||||
| Successor | Zhu Houcong | ||||||||||||
| Born | 22 July 1476 | ||||||||||||
| Died | 13 July 1519 (aged 42) | ||||||||||||
| Burial | Xian Mausoleum (in present-day Zhongxiang, Hubei) | ||||||||||||
| Consorts |
Empress Cixiaoxian
(m. 1492–1519) | ||||||||||||
| Issue Detail | Jiajing Emperor | ||||||||||||
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| House | Zhu | ||||||||||||
| Father | Chenghua Emperor | ||||||||||||
| Mother | Empress Xiaohui | ||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 朱祐杬 | ||||||||||||
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Zhu Youyuan (22 July 1476 – 13 July 1519), was a prince of the Ming dynasty of China. He was the fourth son of the Chenghua Emperor and father of the Jiajing Emperor.
Zhu Youyuan was the fourth son of the Chenghua Emperor, the ninth emperor of the Chinese Ming dynasty, and one of his concubines, Lady Shao.[1] The emperor's two eldest sons died early, and his third son Zhu Youcheng (the Hongzhi Emperor) succeeded him. Upon the Hongzhi Emperor's accession to the throne in 1487, Zhu Youyuan was given the title Prince of Xing (興王). In 1492, he married Lady Jiang, the daughter of an officer of the imperial guard. From 1494, he resided in his estate in Anlu near Zhongxiang, which is now part of Jingmen in Hubei Province.[1] He was known for his education and cultural refinement.[2]
Zhu Youyuan died on 13 July 1519. He had two sons and four daughters. His elder son died at the young age of five days in July 1500. As a result, his younger son, Zhu Houcong, inherited his father's position.
In 1521, the Zhengde Emperor, son and successor of the Hongzhi Emperor, died without any heirs. This led to the selection of Zhu Houcong, the closest male relative, as the new emperor, known as the Jiajing Emperor. After facing several years of disputes with the Grand Secretaries and officials, the Jiajing Emperor finally asserted the imperial title for his father, mother, and grandmother (Lady Shao).
Following Zhu Youyuan's death, he was given the posthumous name of Prince Xian of Xing (興獻王).[2] Upon his son's ascension to the imperial throne, he was posthumously elevated to the position of emperor in 1521, with the posthumous name Emperor Zhitian Shoudao Hongde Yuanren Kuanmu Chunsheng Gongjian Jinwen Xian (知天守道洪德淵仁寬穆純聖恭簡敬文獻皇帝).
Family
[edit]Consorts and issue
[edit]- Empress Cixiaoxian, of the Jiang clan (慈孝獻皇后 蔣氏; d. 1538)[3]
- Zhu Houxi, Prince Huai of Yue (岳懷王 朱厚熙; 7 July 1500 – 12 July 1500), first son[3]
- Princess Changning (長寧公主; 26 November 1501 – 16 April 1504), first daughter[4][5]
- Zhu Houcong, the Jiajing Emperor (嘉靖帝 朱厚熜; 16 September 1507 – 23 January 1567), second son[6]
- Princess Yongchun (永淳公主; 2 October 1511 – 1540), fourth daughter;[7][5] According to Wanli yehuo bian (萬曆野獲編) and Shizong Shilu, she was the daughter of Prince Xian of Xing, but the History of Ming mistakenly recorded her as the daughter of the Hongzhi Emperor[8][9]
- Consort Wenjingshu, of the Wang clan (溫靜淑妃 王氏; d. 1532)[10]
- Unknown
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ a b Geiss (1998), p. 440.
- ^ a b Mote (2003), p. 659.
- ^ a b History of Ming, Vol. 115.
- ^ a b Shizong Shilu, Vol. 54.
- ^ a b c d e f History of Ming, Vol. 121.
- ^ History of Ming, Vol. 17.
- ^ Shizong Shilu, Vols. 79, 235.
- ^ a b Shizong Shilu, Vol. 79.
- ^ a b Wanli yehuo bian, Vol. 5.
- ^ Shizong Shilu, Vols. 55, 141.
- ^ Shizong Shilu, Vols. 13, 28, 51.
- ^ Shizong Shilu, Vol. 13.
- ^ Shizong Shilu, Vol. 29.
Sources
[edit]Pre-modern sources
[edit]- Shizong Shilu 世宗實錄 [Veritable Records of Emperor Shizong] (in Literary Chinese).
- Shen, Defu (1619). Wanli yehuo bian 萬曆野獲編 [Compilation of Wanli era catastrophes] (in Literary Chinese).
- Zhang, Tingyu (1739). Ming Shi 明史 [History of Ming] (in Literary Chinese).
Modern sources
[edit]- Geiss, James (1998). "The Chia-ching reign, 1522-1566". In Mote, Frederick W.; Twitchett, Denis C (eds.). The Cambridge History of China. Volume 7, The Ming Dynasty 1368-1644, Part 1 (1 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 440–510. ISBN 0521243335.
- Mote, Frederick W (2003). Imperial China 900-1800. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-01212-7.