Overview
The translated histories identify Yongle Emperor 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 | Yongle Emperor | ||
| Title | emperor | 帝 | |
| Regnal | Yongle | 永樂 | |
| Title | Yongle Emperor |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · mingshi:057:s0253
- Sex: maleExplicit · mingshi:064:s0087
Roles
- Ruler
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 永樂三年 · Western Year: AD 1405Explicit · mingshi:064:s0110
- Source Date: Text: 永樂二年 · Western Year: AD 1404
- Source Date: Text: 永樂元年 · Western Year: AD 1403Explicit · mingshi:064:s0086, mingshi:064:s0087
- Source Date: Text: 永樂十一年五月五日 · Western Year: AD 1413Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:057:s0252, mingshi:057:s0253
Family
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- Parent of Father of the Imperial GrandsonKinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Generation Distance: 1 · Line: paternal
- Ancestor of Imperial Grandson (皇太孫)Kinship Term: imperial grandson / 太孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal · Subject Role: grandson · Object Role: grandfather · Intermediary Person Ids: Father of the Imperial Grandson
Career and standing
- Label: emperorStrongly inferred · mingshi:057:s0252, mingshi:057:s0253
Places and affiliations
- Label: Ming / 明 · Relation: ruledExplicit · mingshi:064:s0086, mingshi:064:s0087
- Place: Eastern Park / 東苑 · Relation: visited · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永樂十一年五月五日 · Western Year: AD 1413Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:057:s0253
Works and attributed material
- Explicit · mingshi:057:s0253, mingshi:057:s0254
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true · Label: rejected adding a Nine Dragons carriage to the guard of honor / 九龍車既先朝所無，其仍舊便
Events and relationships
- Kind: administrative · Role: issuer · Action: added · Label: added a pair of red staffs to the empress’s ceremonial train / 增制紅杖一對 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永樂元年 · Western Year: AD 1403Explicit · mingshi:064:s0132
- Kind: administrative · Role: approver · Action: approved · Label: approved expansion of the heir apparent’s ceremonial regalia / 從之 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永樂二年 · Western Year: AD 1404Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:064:s0100, mingshi:064:s0101
- Kind: administrative · Role: approver · Action: approved · Label: approved heir-apparent consort ceremonial-regalia rules / 從之 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永樂二年 · Western Year: AD 1404Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:064:s0115
- Kind: administrative · Role: issuer · Action: ordered · Label: ordered the Ministry of Works that princes’ red gold-brocaded umbrellas retain pearl-and-dragon designs / 命工部，親王儀仗內紅銷金傘，仍用寶珠龍文 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永樂三年 · Western Year: AD 1405Explicit · mingshi:064:s0110
- Kind: administrative · Role: decision-maker · Action: rejected · Label: refused to add a Nine Dragons carriage to the guard of honor / 拒增置九龍車 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永樂元年 · Western Year: AD 1403
- Kind: ritual · Role: host · Action: visited the Eastern Park for polo and willow-shooting and permitted officials, envoys, and capital elders to watch · Place: Eastern Park / 東苑 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永樂十一年五月五日 · Western Year: AD 1413Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:057:s0253, mingshi:057:s0254
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: valued ritual moderation against extravagance · Provenance: Mode: self-report · Speaker Person Id: Yongle EmperorExplicit · mingshi:064:s0087, mingshi:064:s0088
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · mingshi:064:s0086, mingshi:064:s0087
References in the histories
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