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Zhu Di was a Royal Family Member and Rebel.
IdentityHistorical · Male
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| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
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| Alternate name |
Yan |
燕 |
Yan |
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History of Ming, Chapter 4Volume 4 Annals 4: Emperor Gongming · 16 passages
秋七月癸酉，燕王棣舉兵反，殺布政使張昺、都司謝貴。
In the seventh month, on guiyou, Prince Yan Zhu Di rose in arms, killing Commissioner Zhang Bing and Commander Xie Gui.
參政郭資、副使墨麟、僉事呂震等降於燕。
Commissioner Guo Zi, Deputy Mo Lin, Assistant Lü Zhen, and others went over to Yan.
通州、遵化、密雲相繼降燕。
Tongzhou, Zunhua, and Miyun fell to Yan one after another.
丙子，燕兵陷薊州，馬宣戰死。
On bingzi Yan's army seized Ji Prefecture; Ma Xuan fell fighting.
己卯，燕兵陷居庸關。
On jimao Yan's forces stormed Juyong Pass.
甲申，陷懷來，宋忠、俞瑱被執死，都指揮彭聚、孫泰力戰死，永平指揮使郭亮等叛降燕。
On jiashen Huailai was lost; Song Zhong and Yu Tan were taken and killed; Commanders Peng Ju and Sun Tai died in fierce combat; Guo Liang of Yongping and others defected to Yan.
長興侯耿炳文為征虜大將軍，駙馬都尉李堅、都督甯忠為左、右副將軍，帥師討燕。
Changxing Marquis Geng Bingwen was appointed punitive grand general; Li Jian the imperial son-in-law and Commander Ning Zhong served as his deputies, marching to crush Prince Yan.
祭告天地宗廟社稷，削燕屬籍。
The emperor reported to Heaven, Earth, the ancestral temple, and the altars of soil and grain, and struck Prince Yan from the clan rolls.
去年，周庶人橚僭為不軌，辭連燕、齊、湘三王。
Last year the deposed Prince Zhou Zhu Su overstepped all bounds, and his confession tied Yan, Qi, and Xiang in the same plot.
今年齊王榑謀逆，又與棣、柏同謀，柏伏罪自焚死，榑已廢為庶人。
This year Prince Qi Zhu Fu plotted rebellion with Prince Yan and Prince Xiang; Xiang answered for his guilt in fire; Fu is already a commoner.
朕以棣於親最近，未忍窮治其事。
Prince Yan stands closest in blood, and I had not yet pressed the inquiry to its end.
置平燕布政使司於真定，尚書暴昭掌司事。
A Pacification Commission for Yan was set up at Zhending under Minister Bao Zhao.
壬子，燕兵陷雄縣，潘忠、楊松戰於月漾橋，被執。
On renzi Yan's army took Xiong County; at Moon-ripple Bridge Pan Zhong and Yang Song were defeated and seized.
壬戌，耿炳文及燕兵戰於滹沱河北，敗績，李堅、甯忠、顧成被執，炳文退保真定。
On renxu Geng Bingwen met Yan's host north of the Hutuo and was broken; Li Jian, Ning Zhong, and Gu Cheng were taken; Bingwen fell back on Zhending.
燕兵攻之不克，引去。
Yan's army assaulted the city without success and drew off.
戊寅，景隆兵次河間，燕兵援永平，吳高退保山海關。
On wuyin Li Jinglong halted at Hejian; Yan marched to relieve Yongping, and Wu Gao fell back on Shanhaiguan.