Overview
The translated histories identify Zhu Zaihou as a royal family member and ruler. This record brings together 10 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Zhu Zaihou | 朱載垕 | Zhu Zaihou |
| Title | emperor | 帝 | |
| Temple | Muzong | 穆宗 | Muzong |
| Temple name | Muzong | 穆宗 | Mùzōng |
| Title | Muzong | 穆 | |
| Title | Prince of Yu | 裕王 | |
| Surname | Zhu | 朱 | Zhu |
| Personal | Zhu Zaihou | 載垕 | Zaihou |
| Posthumous | 契天隆道淵懿寬仁顯文光武純德弘孝莊皇帝 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · mingshi:019:s0001, mingshi:058:s0209
Roles
- Royal Family Member
- Ruler
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 隆慶六年五月庚戌 · Western Year: AD 1572 · Place: Palace of Heavenly Purity / 乾清宮Explicit · mingshi:019:s0132
Age
- Age: 36 · Reckoning: sui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 隆慶六年五月庚戌 · Western Year: AD 1572Explicit · mingshi:019:s0132
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 嘉靖十八年二月 · Western Year: AD 1539Explicit · mingshi:019:s0003
- Source Date: Text: 嘉靖四十五年十二月 · Western Year: AD 1566Explicit · mingshi:019:s0137, mingshi:019:s0138
- Source Date: Text: 隆慶元年正月 · Western Year: AD 1567Explicit · mingshi:058:s0209
- Source Date: Text: 隆慶元年至六年 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1567 · End: AD 1572Explicit · mingshi:019:s0005, mingshi:019:s0132
Family
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- Sibling of Crown Prince Zhuangjing (莊敬太子)Kinship Term: elder brother as crown prince / 太子 · Shared Parentage: paternal-half · Subject Relative Age: elder
- Spouse of Consort Chen (陳氏)Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: empress · Object Role: husband
- Parent of Zhu Yiliu (朱翊鏐)Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
- Parent of Zhu Yijun (朱翊鈞)Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
- Child of Consort Du (杜康妃)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
- Sibling of Prince Jing Gong (景恭王)Kinship Term: Prince Jing / 景王 · Shared Parentage: paternal-half
- Child of Shizong (世宗)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 3
Career and standing
- Title: Prince of Yu / 裕王 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉靖十八年二月 · Western Year: AD 1539Explicit · mingshi:019:s0003
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 四十五年十二月壬子 · Western Year: AD 1566Explicit · mingshi:019:s0138
Places and affiliations
- Label: Ming / 明 · Relation: ruledExplicit · mingshi:019:s0138
- Polity: Ming / 明 · Relation: servedExplicit · mingshi:058:s0214
- Place: Zhaoling / 昭陵 · Relation: buried-at · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 隆慶六年七月丙戌 · Western Year: AD 1572Explicit · mingshi:019:s0133
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: fine ruler who inherited the throne and upheld institutions · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · mingshi:019:s0149
- Assessment: practiced thrift; imperial kitchens saved tens of thousands yearly · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · mingshi:019:s0134
- Assessment: too much leniency and not enough vigorous clarity · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · mingshi:019:s0151
References in the histories
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