Overview
The translated histories identify Xianzong as a royal family member and ruler. This record brings together 17 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Xianzong | 憲宗 | Xiànzōng |
| Regnal | Chenghua | 成化 | |
| Regnal | Chenghua Emperor | Chénghuà | |
| Title | Emperor | 帝 | |
| Title | Emperor Chenghua | 憲宗 | |
| Title | heir apparent | 東宮 | |
| Temple | Xianzong | 憲宗 | Xiànzōng |
| Temple name | Xianzong | 憲宗 | Xiànzōng |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · mingshi:014:s0003
- Sex: maleExplicit · mingshi:058:s0190
Roles
- Royal Family Member
- Ruler
Life and dates
Death
- Age: 41 · Place: UnknownExplicit · mingshi:014:s0193
- Explicit · mingshi:058:s0192
Age
- Age: 41 · Reckoning: statedExplicit · mingshi:014:s0193
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 憲宗即位 · Western Year: AD 1464Explicit · mingshi:058:s0191
- Source Date: Text: 憲宗崩 · Western Year: AD 1487Explicit · mingshi:058:s0192
- Source Date: Text: 成化二十一年 · Western Year: AD 1485Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:014:s0145
- Source Date: Text: 成化二十三年 · Western Year: AD 1487Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:014:s0180
- Source Date: Text: 成化二十二年 · Western Year: AD 1486Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:014:s0165
- Source Date: Text: 成化二十年 · Western Year: AD 1484Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:014:s0127
- Source Date: Text: 成化十七年 · Western Year: AD 1481Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:014:s0078
- Source Date: Text: 成化十三年 · Western Year: AD 1477Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:014:s0018
- Source Date: Text: 成化十九年 · Western Year: AD 1483Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:014:s0109
- Source Date: Text: 成化十二年 · Western Year: AD 1476Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:014:s0003
- Source Date: Text: 成化十五年 · Western Year: AD 1479Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:014:s0050
- Source Date: Text: 成化十八年 · Western Year: AD 1482Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:014:s0094
- Source Date: Text: 成化十六年 · Western Year: AD 1480Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:014:s0065
- Source Date: Text: 成化十四年 · Western Year: AD 1478Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:014:s0034
- Source Date: Text: 英宗崩 · Western Year: AD 1464Explicit · mingshi:058:s0190
Family
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- Parent of Crown Prince (皇太子)Kinship Term: crown prince / 皇太子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Line: paternal
- Parent of Daughter of XianzongKinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter · Line: paternal
- Child of Emperor Yingzong (英宗)Kinship Term: heir apparent / 東宮 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
- Parent of Zhu Youbin (祐檳)Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Line: paternal
- Parent of Zhu Youyuan (祐杬)Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Line: paternal
- Parent of Zhu Youyun (祐橒)Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Line: paternal
- Parent of Zhu Youlun (祐棆)Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Line: paternal
- Parent of Zhu Youhui (祐楎)Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Line: paternal
- Parent of Xiaozong (孝宗)Kinship Term: Xiaozong / 孝宗 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Career and standing
- Label: temple name Xianzong / 廟號憲宗 · Action: grantedExplicit · mingshi:014:s0194
- Status: ill · Action: fell-illExplicit · mingshi:014:s0191
- Status: heir-apparent · Action: heldExplicit · mingshi:058:s0190
- Explicit · mingshi:058:s0191
Places and affiliations
- Label: Ming / 明 · Relation: ruledStrongly inferred · mingshi:014:s0001, mingshi:014:s0194
- Polity: Ming / 明 · Relation: servedExplicit · mingshi:058:s0191
- Place: Maoling / 茂陵 · Relation: buried-atExplicit · mingshi:014:s0194
Works and attributed material
- Work: Wenhua Grand Instructions / 文華大訓 · Relation: authorExplicit · mingshi:014:s0106
- Kind: edict · Role: authorExplicit · mingshi:014:s0126
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: true ruler's measure; later deluded by eunuchs · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · mingshi:014:s0195, mingshi:014:s0198
References in the histories
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