Ming · Imperial Prince

Zhu Gaoxu 朱高煦

Attested AD 1399 - AD 1435

Passages
8
Chapters
3
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhu Gaoxu as an aristocrat, general, and royal family member. This record brings together 8 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Zhu Gaoxu 朱高煦 Zhu Gaoxu
Title Commandery Prince 郡王
Personal Gao Xu 高煦 Gao Xu
Personal name Gao Xu 高煦 Gao Xu
Title Han commoner 漢庶人
Title Prince of Han 漢王
Personal Zhu Gaoxu 高煦 Gaoxu

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • General
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 先是 · Western Year: AD 1399
    Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:008:s0019
  • Source Date: Text: 十五年 · Western Year: AD 1417
    Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:008:s0034
  • Source Date: Text: 宣德間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1426 · End: AD 1435
    Explicit · mingshi:057:s0016
  • Source Date: Text: 建文二年 · Western Year: AD 1400
    Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:005:s0082
  • Source Date: Text: 洪熙即位後乙丑 · Western Year: AD 1424
    Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:008:s0050

Family

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  • Child of Zhu Di (朱棣)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
    Kinship Term: Gaoxu / 高煦 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Sibling of Zhu Gaochi (朱高熾)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger · Line: paternal
  • Sibling of Heir Apparent of Yan (燕世子)
    Shared Parentage: uncertain

Career and standing

  • Title: Prince of Han / 漢王 · Action: held
    Explicit · mingshi:008:s0050
  • Status: demoted-commoner · Label: Han commoner / 漢庶人
    Explicit · mingshi:057:s0016
  • Status: banished · Action: transferred · Place: Le'an / 樂安 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十五年 · Western Year: AD 1417
    Explicit · mingshi:008:s0034

Events and relationships

References in the histories

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History of Ming, Chapter 5Volume 5 Annals 5: Chengzu 1 · 2 passages
History of Ming, Chapter 8Volume 8 Annals 8: Renzong · 5 passages
History of Ming, Chapter 57Volume 57 Treatises 33: Rites 11 · 1 passage