Zhu Yujian

Zhu Yujian

Zhu Yujian ( Chinese  朱 聿 鍵 , Pinyin Zhū ​​Yùjiàn , W.-G. Chu Yü-chien , born May 25, 1602 in Nanyang , Henan Province , China , † October 6, 1646 in China), also called Prince of Tang , was a Candidate for the Ming Imperial Throne . After the Manchurians took the Ming capital Beijing and founded the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911 / 12), he ruled in Fujian Province in southeast China.

Zhu comes from the direct successor of the first Ming emperor Hongwu (r. 1368–1398). After the conquest of Beijing by the Manchurian army, Zhu proclaimed himself emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty in August 1645 with the support of the pirate and privateer Zheng Zhilong . He assumed the title of Longwu and ruled the court in Fujian Province for about 13 months. When the Qing army advanced into southern China, Zheng Zhilong had already switched sides and could no longer offer him protection. Zhu was captured and executed.

See also

• Ming Dynasty Emperor

literature

• Lynn A. Struve: The Southern Ming, 1644-1662 . In: Frederick W. Mote, Denis Twitchett (Eds.): The Cambridge History of China. Volume 7: The Ming Dynasty, 1368–1644, Part I. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1988, ISBN 978-1-139-05475-1 , pp. 641-725 , doi : 10.1017 / CHOL9780521243322.013 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Zhu Yujian. In: Encyclopædia Britannica . Retrieved August 5, 2017 . 

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Zhu is the family name here, Yujian is the first name.