Ming · Prince of Xing and Posthumous Emperor

Zhu Youyuan 朱祐杬

Died AD 1519

Passages
22
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhu Youyuan as a poet, royal family member, and ruler. This record brings together 22 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Zhu Youyuan 朱祐杬 Zhu Youyuan
Title Emperor Xingxian 興獻帝
Posthumous name Knowing Heaven Upholding the Way Vast Virtue Profound Benevolence Broad Solemnity Pure Holiness Respectful Frugality Cultivated Culture Xian Emperor 知天守道洪德淵仁寬穆純聖恭儉敬文獻皇帝
Title Prince of Xing 興王
Posthumous name Respectful Sagacious Profound Benevolent Broad Solemn Pure Holy Xian Emperor 恭睿淵仁寬穆純聖獻皇帝
Temple name Ruizong 睿宗 Ruizong
Posthumous name Xian Xian
Posthumous name Xian Emperor 獻皇帝
Given Youyuan 祐杬 Youyuan
Personal name Zhu Youyuan 朱祐杬 Zhu Youyuan

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Poet
  • Royal Family Member
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Death

  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 正德十四年 · Western Year: AD 1519
    Explicit · mingshi:115:s0198

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 嘉靖七年 · Western Year: AD 1528
    Explicit · mingshi:115:s0104
  • Source Date: Text: 嘉靖三年 · Western Year: AD 1524
    Explicit · mingshi:115:s0092
  • Source Date: Text: 嘉靖十七年九月 · Western Year: AD 1538
    Explicit · mingshi:115:s0107
  • Source Date: Text: 弘治七年 · Western Year: AD 1494
    Explicit · mingshi:115:s0075
  • Source Date: Text: 弘治四年 · Western Year: AD 1491
    Explicit · mingshi:115:s0073
  • Source Date: Text: 成化二十三年 · Western Year: AD 1487
    Explicit · mingshi:115:s0072
  • Source Date: Text: 正德十四年 · Western Year: AD 1519
    Explicit · mingshi:115:s0198

Family

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  • Sibling of Xiaozong (孝宗)
    Kinship Term: brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: paternal-half · Subject Relative Age: uncertain
  • Spouse of Empress Xian (獻皇后)
    Kinship Term: consort / 妃 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife
  • Parent of Zhu Houxi (朱厚熙)
    Kinship Term: eldest son / 長子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 1
  • Child of Xianzong (憲宗)
    Kinship Term: fourth son / 第四子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 4
  • Child of Honored Consort Shao (邵貴妃)
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
  • Parent of Shizong (世宗)
    Kinship Term: prince's heir / 王世子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

  • Title: Prince of Xing / 興王 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 成化二十三年 · Western Year: AD 1487
    Explicit · mingshi:115:s0072

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

  • Work: Stele of Xianling / 顯陵碑 · Relation: author
    Explicit · mingshi:115:s0105
  • Kind: memorial · Role: author · Action: thanksgiving memorial with five points
    Explicit · mingshi:115:s0076
  • Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Text: 吾以此懸宮門矣
    Explicit · mingshi:115:s0196

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: loved poetry and books; shunned curios; kept no female musicians · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · mingshi:115:s0194

References in the histories

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History of Ming, Chapter 115Volume 115 Biographies 3: Emperor Xingzong Xiaokang, Emperor Ruizong Xingxian · 22 passages
十七年十二月崩,諭禮、工二部將改葬獻皇帝于大峪山,以駙馬都尉京山侯崔元為奉迎行禮使,兵部尚書張瓚為禮儀護行使,指揮趙俊為吉凶儀仗官,翊國公郭勳知聖母山陵事。 In the twelfth month of the seventeenth year she died. Jiajing ordered the Ministries of Rites and Works to move the Xian emperor to Dayu Mountain, naming Cui Yuan, commandant and Jingshan marquis, welcoming envoy; Zhang Zan, minister of war, ritual escort; Zhao Jun, commander, regalia officer; and Guo Xun, defender of the state, to manage the dowager's tomb.