Ming · Ruler

Taizu 太祖

Attested AD 1368 - AD 1398

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Taizu was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1368 to AD 1398 太祖廟制
Strongly inferred · History of Ming 52, passage 274

Career and standing

Held
Ruler
Directly stated · History of Ming 52, passage 274

Places and affiliations

Polity Ming 明 · Relation Founded or ruled
Strongly inferred · History of Ming 52, passage 274

Events and relationships

Established ancestral temple system with zhao left and mu right
Ritual · Institutor
Directly stated · History of Ming 52, passage 274

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 52Volume 52 Treatises 28: Rites 6 · 1 passage

古無神道尚右之說，惟我太祖廟制，合先王左昭右穆之義。 In antiquity there is no saying that the spirit way honors the right; only our Taizu’s temple system conforms to the former kings’ meaning of zhao on the left and mu on the right.