Overview
Zhu Di was a Royal Family Member and Rebel.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
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| Alternate name |
Yan |
燕 |
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Life and dates
Attested activity
Events and relationships
Crossed the Yangzi and took the capital
Military campaign · Commander
Ordered recovery and burial of the emperor body
Refused to hear envoys
Diplomacy · Addressee
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History of Ming, Chapter 4Volume 4 Annals 4: Emperor Gongming · 10 passages
六月癸丑，盛庸帥舟師敗燕兵於浦子口，復戰不利。
On the guichou day of the sixth month, Sheng Yong led the river fleet and beat the Yan army at Puzikou, then lost the rematch.
都督僉事陳瑄以舟師叛附於燕。
Commander Chen Xuan turned the river fleet and went over to the Prince of Yan.
乙卯，燕兵渡江，盛庸戰於高資港，敗績。
On the yimao day, the Yan army crossed the Yangzi; Sheng Yong gave battle at Gaozigang and was routed.
戊午，鎮江守將童俊叛降燕。
On the wuwu day, Tong Jun, garrison commander of Zhenjiang, defected to the Prince of Yan.
庚申，燕兵至龍潭。
On the gengshen day, the Yan army reached Longtan.
辛酉，命諸王分守都城，遣李景隆及兵部尚書茹瑺、都督王佐如燕軍，申前約。
On the xinyou day, the princes were ordered to man separate sectors of the capital; Li Jinglong, Minister of War Ru Chang, and Commander Wang Zuo were sent to the Yan camp to plead the old terms again.
皆不聽。
The Prince of Yan would not hear them.
乙丑，燕兵犯金川門，左都督徐增壽謀內應，伏誅。
On the yichou day, the Yan army struck the Jinchuan Gate; Left Commander-in-Chief Xu Zengshou plotted to open the walls from within and was quietly put to death.
谷王橞及李景隆叛，納燕兵，都城陷。
The Prince of Gu and Li Jinglong turned traitor and let the Yan army in; the capital was lost.
燕王遣中使出帝後屍於火中，越八日壬申葬之。
The Prince of Yan sent eunuchs to recover the emperor's body from the blaze; eight days later, on the renshen day, it was buried.