Overview
Zhu Di was a Royal Family Member and Rebel.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|
| Alternate name |
Yan |
燕 |
Yan |
Life and dates
Attested activity
AD 1400 建文二年二月
AD 1399 建文元年冬十月
AD 1399 建文元年十一月辛未
Works and attributed material
- Memorial · Author · Paraphrased
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History of Ming, Chapter 4Volume 4 Annals 4: Emperor Gongming · 18 passages
冬十月，燕兵自劉家口間道襲陷大寧，守將硃鑒死之。
In the tenth month Yan's men slipped through Liujiakou by a hidden track, stormed Daning, and killed its defender Zhu Jian.
總兵官劉真、都督陳亨援大寧，亨叛降燕。
Commander Liu Zhen and Regional Commander Chen Heng marched to relieve Daning; Heng turned traitor and joined Yan.
燕以寧王權及朵顏三衛卒歸北平。
Prince Yan brought Prince Ning Zhu Quan and the Uriankhai auxiliaries back to Beiping.
辛亥，李景隆重圍北平，燕兵還救。
On xinhai Li Jinglong pressed Beiping hard; Yan's army wheeled home to its relief.
十一月辛未，李景隆及燕兵戰於鄭村壩，敗績，奔德州，諸軍盡潰。
On xinwei of the eleventh month Li Jinglong met Yan at Zheng Village Dam, was shattered, fled to Dezhou, and the host dissolved.
燕王棣再上書於朝。
Prince Yan Zhu Di again memorialized the throne.
二月，燕兵陷蔚州，進攻大同。
In the second month Yan's army took Weizhou and pushed on Datong.
李景隆自德州赴援，燕兵還北平。
Li Jinglong marched from Dezhou to relieve the siege; Yan's forces withdrew to Beiping.
保定知府雒僉叛降燕。
Luo Qian, prefect of Baoding, went over to Yan.
夏四月己未，李景隆及燕兵戰於白溝河，敗之。
On jiwei of the fourth month Li Jinglong met Yan's army at White Ditch River and drove it back.
燕兵陷德州，遂攻濟南。
The Prince of Yan's army took Dezhou and pressed on against Jinan.
六月己酉，遣尚寶丞李得成諭燕罷兵。
On the jiyou day of the sixth month, the court dispatched Palace Storehouse Director Li Decheng to order the Prince of Yan to stand down.
戊申，盛庸、鐵鉉擊敗燕兵，濟南圍解，復德州。
On the wushen day, Sheng Yong and Tie Xian broke the Yan forces, lifted the siege of Jinan, and won Dezhou back.
庚申，燕兵襲滄州，徐凱被執。
On the gengshen day, Yan troops stormed Cangzhou and took Xu Kai prisoner.
十二月甲午，燕兵犯濟寧，薄東昌。
On the jiawu day of the twelfth month, the Yan army struck at Jining and closed on Dongchang.
斬其將張玉。
The Yan general Zhang Yu was killed in the fighting.
丙辰，復戰，又敗之，燕兵走館陶。
On the bingchen day the armies clashed again; Sheng Yong won again and drove the Yan forces back toward Guantao.
庸軍勢大振，檄諸屯軍合擊燕，絕其歸路。
Sheng Yong's army took heart; he sent summons to every garrison to close on the Yan forces and sever their retreat.