Overview
The translated histories identify Ming Taizu as a ruler. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Ming Taizu | 太祖 | Taizu |
| Title | founding emperor | ||
| Temple name | Taizu | 太祖 | Taizu |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · mingshi:065:s0331
Roles
- Ruler
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 太祖 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1368 · End: AD 1398Explicit · mingshi:065:s0331
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Ming / 明 · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · mingshi:065:s0331
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: policy-maker · Action: required-high-nobles-to-ride-horses · Statement: Even the highest nobles were expected to ride horses when going outExplicit · mingshi:065:s0331
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: did not wish meritorious officials to abandon mounted archery · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · mingshi:065:s0331
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · mingshi:065:s0331
References in the histories
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