Zhu Changqing

Zhu Changqing 朱しゅ常つね清きよし
Regent of the Southern Ming
Reign	1648–1649
Prince of Huai
Tenure	1631–1648
Predecessor	Zhu Yiju
Successor	Zhu Yougui
Born	?
Died	1649
Names Zhu Changqing (朱しゅ常つね清きよし) Era dates Dongwu (東武とうぶ; 1648–1649)
Dynasty	Southern Ming
Father	Zhu Yiju

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhu.

Zhu Changqing (Chinese: 朱しゅ常つね清きよし; died 1649), Prince of Huai (淮王), courtesy name Xiaxin (霞かすみ新しん), was claimed to be regent of the Southern Ming; his regime name was Dongwu (東武とうぶ). He reigned for one year from 1648 to 1649.

Dongwu got full support from Koxinga (Zheng Chenggong), a famous and powerful warlord during that time. Dongwu's & Koxinga's power was based on Guandong and Fujian province.

Dongwu died in 1649 and was succeeded by Prince of Gui with the era name Yongli. According to the history book, he has no temple name.

Era name

Era name	Period of use (Western calendar 西曆せいれき)	Period of use (Dàtǒng calendar 大だい統すべ曆れき)	Length of use	Meaning
Dōngwǔ 東武とうぶ	February 1648 – November 1648	元年がんねん 正月しょうがつ (1st year, 1st month) – 元年がんねん 十じゅう月がつ (1st year, 10th month)	1 year	"east valiant"

Conversion table

Dongwu	1st year
AD	1648
Ganzhi	Wùzǐ 戊子ぼし

References

• Struve, Lynn (1988). "The Southern Ming." In Cambridge History of China, Volume 7, The Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 - Part 1, ed. by Frederic W. Mote, Denis Twitchett, and John King Fairbank, pp. 641–725. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.