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Ming Renzong was a ruler.
IdentityHistorical · Male
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Death
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AD 1424 to AD 1425 仁宗
AD 1425 仁宗即位
AD 1404 永樂二年
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History of Ming, Chapter 149Volume 149 Biographies 37: Jian Yi, Xia Yuanji · 21 passages
永樂二年兼太子詹事。
In the second year of the Yongle reign he was also appointed Grand Mentor of the Crown Prince.
帝有所傳諭太子，輒遣義，能委曲導意。
Whenever the Emperor wished to convey something to the Crown Prince, he would send Jian Yi, who could convey the intent tactfully and fully.
帝與太子俱愛重之。
Both the Emperor and the Crown Prince held him in high regard.
七年，帝巡北京，命輔皇太子監國。
In the seventh year, when the Emperor toured Beijing, he was ordered to assist the Crown Prince in governing the realm.
十七年以父喪歸，帝及太子皆遣官賜祭。
In the seventeenth year he went home to mourn his father; both the Emperor and the Crown Prince sent officials with sacrificial gifts.
明年，帝北征還，以太子曲宥呂震婿主事張鶴朝參失儀，罪義不匡正，逮義系錦衣衛獄。
The following year, when the Emperor returned from the northern campaign, he blamed Jian Yi for failing to correct the Crown Prince, who had unduly excused Director Zhang He—Lü Zhen's son-in-law—for a breach of court etiquette at audience; Jian Yi was arrested and imprisoned in the Embroidered Uniform Guard jail.
仁宗即位，義、原吉皆以元老為中外所信。
When the Renzong Emperor ascended the throne, Jian Yi and Xia Yuanji were both trusted throughout the court and empire as senior statesmen.
帝又念義監國時舊勞，尤厚倚之。
The Emperor also remembered Jian Yi's service when the Crown Prince had governed the realm, and relied on him all the more heavily.
士奇嘗於帝前謂義曰：「何過慮？」
Shiqi once said to Jian Yi in the Emperor's presence, "Why such excessive worry?"
帝兩是之。
The Emperor approved of both views.
帝不直榮。
The Emperor did not take Rong's side.
帝笑曰：「吾固弗信也。」
The Emperor smiled and said, "I never believed it in the first place."
仁宗即位，復其官。
When the Renzong Emperor ascended the throne, Yuanji's office was restored.
帝曰：「卿老臣，當與朕共濟艱難。
The Emperor said, "You are a veteran minister and should weather hardship together with me.
呂震以太子少師班原吉上，帝命鴻臚引震列其下。
Lü Zhen, as Junior Preceptor of the Crown Prince, ranked above Yuanji; the Emperor ordered the Court of State Ceremonial to place Lü Zhen below him in rank.
原吉固辭，乃聽辭太子少傅祿。
Xia Yuanji firmly declined, and the Emperor allowed him to forgo the Crown Prince's tutor stipend.
已而仁宗崩，太子至自南京。
Soon Emperor Renzong died, and the Crown Prince came up from Nanjing.
仁、宣之世，外兼臺省，內參館閣，與三楊同心輔政。
Under the Renzong and Xuanzong emperors they held censorial posts abroad and served in the Hanlin at court, working in concert with the Three Yangs to govern.
仁宗即位，召還，為南京通政參議，致仕。
When the Renzong Emperor ascended the throne he was recalled, appointed participating secretary of the Nanjing Court of Transmission, and retired.
仁宗立，釋為禮部侍郎。
When the Renzong Emperor took the throne he was released and appointed Vice Minister of Rites.
仁、宣繼體，委寄優隆，同德協心，匡翼令主。
Under the Renzong and Xuanzong emperors they were entrusted with exceptional favor, working in concert to support their excellent sovereigns.