Zhu Yuanzhang

Examples of Zhu Yuanzhang in the following topics:

• Rise of the Ming Dynasty

  • The Ming dynasty was founded by the peasant rebel leader Zhu Yuanzhang.
  • Zhu Yuanzhang was a penniless peasant and Buddhist monk who joined the Red Turbans in 1352, but soon gained a reputation after marrying the foster daughter of a rebel commander.
  • Zhu Yuanzhang also took "Hongwu," or "Vastly Martial,"' as his reign title.
  • Zhu Yuanzhang drew on both past institutions and new approaches in order to create jiaohua (civilization) as an organic Chinese governing process.
  • Zhu Yuanzhang, later Hongwu Emperor, was the founder and first emperor of China's Ming dynasty.

• Decline of the Tang Dynasty

  • Zhu Wen, originally a salt smuggler who had served under the rebel Huang, surrendered to Tang forces.
  • In 907 the Tang dynasty was ended when Zhu Wen, now a military governor, deposed the last emperor of Tang, Emperor Ai of Tang, and took the throne for himself.
  • A year later the deposed Emperor Ai was poisoned by Zhu Wen, and died.
  • Zhu Wen was known posthumously as Emperor Taizu of Later Liang.

• Origins of the Song Dynasty

  • Philosophers such as Cheng Yi and Zhu Xi reinvigorated Confucianism with new commentary infused with Buddhist ideals, and emphasized a new organization of classic texts that brought out the core doctrine of Neo-Confucianism.

• Religion Under the Tang Dynasty

  • In an age before Neo-Confucianism and figures such as Zhu Xi (1130–1200), Buddhism began to flourish in China during the Northern and Southern dynasties, and became the dominant ideology during the prosperous Tang.