Yuan · General

Chang Yuchun 常遇春

Cháng Yùchūn

Attested AD 1355 - AD 1369

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Chang Yuchun was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1355 to AD 1369 Yuan-Ming transition (independently established; temple matching is posthumous for several)
Strongly inferred · History of Ming 52, passage 202

Career and standing

matching meritorious minister (first of eight) 配享功臣常遇春以下凡八位
AD 1370 洪武三年 · Bestowed
Directly stated · History of Ming 52, passage 202
matching offering at the west wing of the new Grand Temple 配於西廡
AD 1376 九年 · Bestowed
Directly stated · History of Ming 52, passage 210

Places and affiliations

Polity Ming 明 · Relation Associated with
Strongly inferred · History of Ming 52, passage 202
AD 1545 二十四年
At west wall of the new Grand Temple 新太廟西壁 · Relation Enshrined at
Directly stated · History of Ming 52, passage 221
AD 1376 九年
At west wing of the new Grand Temple 新太廟西廡 · Relation Enshrined at
Directly stated · History of Ming 52, passage 210

Events and relationships

Fixed among eight matching ministers
AD 1370 洪武三年 · Ritual · Spirit honoree
Directly stated · History of Ming 52, passage 202

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 52Volume 52 Treatises 28: Rites 6 · 2 passages

三年，定配享功臣常遇春以下凡八位。 In the third year, eight meritorious ministers from Chang Yuchun downward were fixed for matching sacrifice.

九年，新太廟成，以徐達、常遇春、李文忠、鄧愈、湯和、沐英、俞通海、張德勝、胡大海、趙得勝、耿再成、桑世傑十二位配於西廡，罷廖永安。 In the ninth year the new Grand Temple was completed; twelve persons—Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Li Wenzhong, Deng Yu, Tang He, Mu Ying, Yu Tonghai, Zhang Desheng, Hu Dahai, Zhao Desheng, Geng Zaicheng, and Sang Shijie—were matched at the west wing, and Liao Yong’an was abolished.