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Chen Di

Type Figure Region Anhui Time c. 1365–1402 Also known as courtesy name Jingdao

A native of Xuancheng, Anhui, Chen Di was Minister of Rites under the Jianwen Emperor of the Ming.…

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  1. 1401–1402Nanjing · NanjingIn 1401 Chen Di was made Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent while continuing as Minister of Rites in charge of the metropolitan examinations. In 1400 he had petitioned for relief for fugitive households and reductions in corvée to pacify the people. In 1402 the Yan army entered Nanjing and the Jianwen Emperor disappeared; Chen Di remained at court as a former minister.
  2. 1402Nanjing · NanjingAfter the Chengzu Emperor entered Nanjing, he summoned Chen Di for questioning. Chen Di denounced his usurpation as inhumane and loudly refused to yield. He and six others, including his sons Chen Fengshan and Chen Danshan, were executed by slow slicing; his wife Lady Guan hanged herself, and his young son Chen Zhu was hidden by a wet nurse in the fifth month and survived. Later generations erected a shrine to him in Xuancheng.

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