Ming · Ruler

Xuanzong 宣宗

c. AD 1398 - AD 1435

Passages
5
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

Xuanzong was a ruler.

PeriodMing
IdentityHistorical · Male
RolesRuler

Life and dates

Death

Age

Attested activity

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Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

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  • Halted Ministry of Works procurement
    AD 1434 九年八月乙丑 · Administrative · Issuer
    Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 9, passage 244
  • Held a great hunt
    AD 1434 九年九月己亥 · Hunt · Participant
    Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 9, passage 251
  • Helped restore Renzong from peril while serving as imperial grandson heir
    AD 1402 to AD 1424 仁宗為太子 · Political · Helper · With Renzong (仁宗) · Mode historian-judgment
  • Hunted
    AD 1434 九年九月丙戌 · Hunt · Participant · At Bendao 坌道
    Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 9, passage 248
  • Illness turned critical
    AD 1435 十年正月甲戌 · Medical · Subject
    Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 9, passage 261
  • Inspected fortress troops and defenses
    AD 1434 九年九月丁酉 · Inspection · Inspector · At Ximolin 洗馬林
    Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 9, passage 250
  • Led a frontier tour in person
    AD 1434 九年九月癸未 · Travel · Leader
    Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 9, passage 246
  • Offered suburban sacrifice to Heaven and Earth
    AD 1434 九年春正月辛卯 · Ritual · Officiant · At Southern Suburb 南郊
    Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 9, passage 234
  • Ordered burial of exposed corpses
    AD 1434 九年五月壬午 · Ritual · Issuer
    Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 9, passage 240
  • Ordered inspection of disaster damage and remitted four tenths of autumn grain tax
    AD 1434 九年八月甲子 · Administrative · Issuer
    Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 9, passage 243
  • Ordered Lin to act in charge of Annam
    AD 1434 九年夏四月己未 · Diplomatic · Issuer · With Lin (麟)
    Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 9, passage 238
  • Passed Juyong Pass
    AD 1434 九年九月乙酉 · Travel · Traveler · At Juyong Pass 居庸關
    Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 9, passage 247
  • Posthumous titles raised; temple name Xuanzong; buried at Jing Mausoleum
    AD 1435 十年正月丁酉 · Funeral · Deceased
  • Reaffirmed generous relief orders
    AD 1434 九年二月乙卯 · Administrative · Issuer · At the Two Capitals, Shandong, Shanxi, and Henan 兩京、山東、山西、河南
    Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 9, passage 236
  • Remitted Sichuan disaster tax grain
    AD 1434 九年十一月庚子 · Administrative · Issuer · At Sichuan 四川
    Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 9, passage 257
  • Returned to the palace
    AD 1434 九年冬十月丙午 · Travel · Traveler
    Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 9, passage 252
  • Reviewed prisoners
    AD 1434 九年四月戊辰 · Legal · Reviewer
    Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 9, passage 239
  • Sent grain relief
    AD 1434 九年二月庚戌 · Relief · Issuer · At Fengyang, Huai'an, Yangzhou, and Xuzhou 鳳陽、淮安、揚州、徐州
    Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 9, passage 235
  • Sent grain relief
    AD 1434 九年八月庚戌 · Relief · Issuer · At Huguang 湖廣
    Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 9, passage 242
  • Sent officers to supervise locust eradication
    AD 1434 九年秋七月甲申 · Disaster relief · Issuer · At Two Capitals districts, Shandong, Shanxi, and Henan 兩畿、山東、山西、河南
    Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 9, passage 241
  • Suspended executions
    AD 1434 九年十一月戊戌 · Legal · Issuer
    Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 9, passage 256
  • Used Nanjing Yingyun and Linqing warehouse grain for famine relief
    AD 1434 九年十月丁卯 · Relief · Issuer
    Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 9, passage 255

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment after accession, officials fulfilled duties, government was balanced, discipline clear, granaries full, people content; no year could bring disaster · Mode historian-judgment
  • Assessment from Ming founding about sixty years, people's spirits eased and signs of good order appeared · Mode historian-judgment
  • Assessment heroic bearing and keen strategy perhaps matched ancestral martial prowess; crushed sudden princely risings and awed border foes · Mode historian-judgment

Source notes

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 9Volume 9 Annals 9: Xuanzong · 5 passages