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Accession of the Jianwen Emperor and the Hongwu edict
On the tenth day of intercalary fifth month of Hongwu 31 (1398), Zhu Yuanzhang died in Nanjing aged 71;…
Timeline
- 1398Western Palace, Nanjing · Ming dynastyThe Ming founder Zhu Yuanzhang died in Nanjing's Western Palace; his edict ordered imperial grandson Zhu Yunwen to succeed, prescribed simple funeral rites, required the princes to remain in their fiefs and not travel to the capital, and called on civil and military officials to assist in governance with one heart.
- 1398–1399Nanjing imperial palace · Ming dynastyZhu Yunwen ascended the throne in Nanjing per the edict, buried the founder at the Xiaoling mausoleum, and adopted the Jianwen era name the following year, becoming known as the Jianwen Emperor. After accession he employed Confucian officials Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, and Fang Xiaoru to begin implementing benevolent governance and reforms.
Sources
- 明史·本纪第三·太祖 — 张廷玉等 (1739) https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E6%98%8E%E5%8F%B2/%E5%8D%B73
- 明史纪事本末·卷十五·削夺诸藩 — 谷应泰 (1679) https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E6%98%8E%E5%8F%B2%E7%B4%80%E4%BA%8B%E6%9C%AC%E6%9C%AB_(%E5%9B%9B%E5%BA%AB%E5%85%A8%E6%9B%B8%E6%9C%AC)/%E5%8D%B715