Ming · Ruler

Xizu 熙祖

Xīzǔ

Attested AD 1368 - AD 1371

Passages
2
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Xizu as a royal family member and ruler. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Xizu 熙祖 Xīzǔ
Title imperial grandfather 皇祖考
Descriptive kinship Taizu's grandfather 皇祖考
Temple name Xizu 熙祖 Xīzǔ

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Royal Family Member
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Family

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  • Child of Yizu (懿祖)
    Kinship Term: ancestor / 祖 · Parentage: biological · Line: paternal · Generation Distance: 1 · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Renzu (仁祖)
    Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Parentage: biological · Line: paternal · Generation Distance: 1 · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Ancestor of Taizu (太祖)
    Kinship Term: imperial grandfather / 皇祖考 · Parentage: biological · Line: paternal · Generation Distance: 2 · Subject Role: grandfather · Object Role: grandson

Places and affiliations

  • Polity: Ming / 明 · Relation: served
    Explicit · mingshi:058:s0221
  • Place: north of Bincheng, Sizhou, Fengyang Prefecture / 鳳陽府泗州蠙城北 · Relation: buried-at
    Explicit · mingshi:058:s0221

References in the histories

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History of Ming, Chapter 58Volume 58 Treatises 34: Rites 12 · 2 passages