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Zhu Tan

Type Figure Region China Time 1370–1390 Also known as Prince of Lu

Zhu Tan was the tenth son of the Ming founder Zhu Yuanzhang, enfeoffed Prince of Lu at birth in the third year of Hongwu and taking up his fief at Ya…

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  1. 1370–1380Yanzhou · YanzhouBorn in the third year of Hongwu and immediately enfeoffed Prince of Lu, taking up his fief at Yanzhou, establishing the Prince of Lu's household, initially administering Shandong princely affairs, one of the early Ming inner princes.
  2. 1381–1390Yanzhou · YanzhouDuring this period he governed the Lu fief from Yanzhou; historical records state he was fond of alchemy and later fell ill from taking golden elixirs, dying in the twenty-third year of Hongwu, the Prince of Lu title extinguished, a famous case of early death among early Ming princes.

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