Zhu Changqing

Zhu Changqing 朱しゅ常つね清きよし
Regent of the Southern Ming
Tenure	1648–1649
Prince of Huai (淮王)
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 name and dates Dongwu (東武とうぶ): February – November 1648
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 from 1648 to 1649. His regime name was Dongwu (東武とうぶ), which means "east valiant".

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" (永なが曆れき). According to the history book, he has no temple name.

Era name

Dongwu (simplified Chinese: 东武; traditional Chinese: 東武とうぶ; pinyin: Dōngwǔ) was a Chinese era name (nianhao) of the Southern Ming during the Zhu Changqing regency. This period spanned one year from February to November 1648.

Comparison table

Dongwu	1
AD	1648
Gānzhī (干支えと)	Wùzǐ (戊子ぼし)

Other eras contemporaneous with Dongwu

• China
  • Shunzhi (順治じゅんじ, Ijishūn dasan ᡳᠵᡳᠰᡥᡡᠨ ᡩᠠᠰᠠᠨ) (1644–1661): Qing dynasty — era name of the Shunzhi Emperor
  • Yongli (永なが曆れき, 1647–1683): Southern Ming — era name of the Yongli Emperor
  • Jianguo (監かん國こく, 1646–1653): Southern Ming — era name of Zhu Yihai, Prince of Lu
  • Dingwu (定てい武ぶ, 1646–1664): Southern Ming — era name of Zhu Benli (Zhu Danji), Prince of Han
  • Tianzheng (天正てんしょう, 1648): Qing dynasty — era name of Zhang Jintang
• Vietnam
  • Phúc Thái (福ぶく泰たい, 1643–1649): Later Lê dynasty — era name of Lê Chân Tông
  • Thuận Đức (順德じゅんとく, 1638–1677): Mạc dynasty — era name of Mạc Kính Vũ
• Japan
  • Shōhō (正保まさやす, 1644–1648): era name of Emperor Go-Kōmyō
  • Keian (慶安けいあん, 1648–1652): era name of Emperor Go-Kōmyō

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.