Zhu Shizhen

Names
	Zhu Shizhen (朱しゅ世よ珍ちん)
Posthumous name
	Emperor Chun (淳あつし皇帝こうてい)
Temple name
	Renzu (仁ひとし祖そ)

Zhu Shizhen
朱しゅ世よ珍めずらし
Zhu Shizhen; 朱しゅ世よ珍めずらし
Born	Zhu Wusi; (朱しゅ五ご四よん); 1281; Zhiyuan 18; (至いたり元もと十じゅう八はち年ねん); Jurong
Died	1344 (aged 63); Zhizheng 4; (至いたり正せい四よん年ねん)
Burial	Ming Imperial Mausoleum (明あきら皇すめらぎ陵りょう, in present-day Fengyang, Anhui)
Spouse	Empress Chun
Issue	Zhu Chongsi (Zhu Xinglong), Prince of Nanchang; Zhu Chongliu (Zhu Xingsheng), Prince of Xuyi; Zhu Chongqi (Zhu Xingzu), Prince of Linhuai; Hongwu Emperor; Grand Princess Taiyuan; Grand Princess of Cao;
Names
Names
	Zhu Shizhen (朱しゅ世よ珍ちん)
Posthumous name
	Emperor Chun (淳あつし皇帝こうてい)
Temple name
	Renzu (仁ひとし祖そ)
Father	Zhu Chuyi
Mother	Empress Yu

Zhu Shizhen (Chinese: 朱しゅ世よ珍めずらし; pinyin: Zhū Shìzhēn; 1281–1344), born Zhu Wusi (Chinese: 朱しゅ五ご四よん; pinyin: Zhū Wǔsì),^[1] was the father of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming dynasty. He was a native of Jurong (present-day Jurong, Jiangsu). The ancestors of the Zhu family had lived in Pei and later moved to Jurong. His father, Zhu Chuyi, moved to Xuyi, Si Prefecture (present-day Xuyi, Jiangsu), and Zhu Shizhen moved again to Zhongli, Haozhou (present-day Fengyang, Anhui).^[2]

Zhu Shizhen was member of the impoverished peasant class. In 1344 there was a great drought in Huaibei, and his entire family died of starvation, save for two of his sons.

In 1363, Han Lin'er posthumously accorded Zhu Wusi the titles Executor and Assistant Minister of the Three Offices (開府かいふ儀ぎ同どう三さん司つかさ), Senior Pillar of the State (上うえ柱ばしら國こく), Head of Privy Councilor for Extraordinary Affairs (錄ろく軍ぐん國重くにしげ事ごと), Right Chancellor of the Central Secretariat (中書ちゅうしょ右みぎ丞相じょうしょう), Grand Commandant (太ふとし尉じょう), and Duke of Wu (吳くれ國こく公おおやけ). His wife, Lady Chen, was posthumously accorded the title Duchess (公おおやけ夫人ふじん).^[3]

In 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming dynasty in Nanjing and posthumously honoured Zhu Shizhen as emperor, with the temple name Renzu (仁ひとし祖そ)^[4] and the posthumous name Emperor Chun (淳あつし皇帝こうてい).

Family[edit]

Consorts and Issue:

Empress Chun, of the Chen clan (淳じゅん皇后こうごう陳ちん氏し; 1286–1344)
- Zhu Chongsi (Zhu Xinglong), Prince of Nanchang (南みなみ昌あきら王おう朱しゅ重じゅう四よん (朱しゅ興隆こうりゅう); 1307–1344), first son
- Zhu Chongliu (Zhu Xingsheng), Prince of Xuyi (盱眙王おう朱しゅ重じゅう六ろく (朱しゅ興きょう盛もり); ?–?), second son
- Zhu Chongqi (Zhu Xingzu), Prince of Linhuai (臨淮王おう朱しゅ重じゅう七なな (朱しゅ興きょう祖そ); ?–?), third son
- Zhu Chongba (Zhu Xingzong, Zhu Yuanzhang), the Hongwu Emperor (洪ひろし武たけ帝みかど朱しゅ重じゅう八はち (朱しゅ興きょう宗むね, 朱しゅ元もと璋あきら); 21 October 1328 – 24 June 1398), fourth son
- Grand Princess Taiyuan (太ふとし原はら長ちょう公主こうしゅ), first daughter
  - Married Wang Qiyi (王おう七なな一いち)
- Grand Princess of Cao (曹國長ちょう公主こうしゅ; 1317–1351), personal name Fonü (佛ふつ女おんな), second daughter
  - Married Li Zhen (李り貞さだ; 1304–1379), and had issue (one son)

Ancestry[edit]

Zhu Zhongba

Zhu Bailiu

Lady Chen

Zhu Sijiu

Empress Xuan

Zhu Chuyi

Empress Heng

Zhu Shizhen (1281–1344)

Empress Yu

References[edit]

^ 明太めんたい祖そ御ご制せい朱しゅ氏し世よ德とく碑ひ记
^ Ming Taizu Shilu (明太めんたい祖そ实录), Volume 1：“宋そう季き时，熙祖始はじめ徙家渡わたり淮居泗州，父ちち仁じん祖そ讳世珍めずらし，元もと世よ又また徙居钟离之の东乡，勤つとむ俭忠厚あつ，人称にんしょう长者。母はは太ふとし后きさき陈氏生せい四よん子し，上うえ其季也。”
^ Yanshan Hall Collection (弇山堂どう别集), Volume 6 (San zu jue feng, 三さん祖そ爵封)
^ History of Ming, Volume 2：追つい尊みこと高祖こうそ考こう曰玄皇帝こうてい，廟びょう號ごう德とく祖そ，曾祖そうそ考こう曰恆皇帝こうてい，廟びょう號ごう懿祖；祖そ考こう曰裕皇帝こうてい，廟びょう號ごう熙祖，皇考こうこう曰淳皇帝こうてい，廟びょう號ごう仁じん祖そ，妣皆皇后こうごう。

[1] 明太めんたい祖そ御ご制せい朱しゅ氏し世よ德とく碑ひ记

[2] Ming Taizu Shilu (明太めんたい祖そ实录), Volume 1：“宋そう季き时，熙祖始はじめ徙家渡わたり淮居泗州，父ちち仁じん祖そ讳世珍めずらし，元もと世よ又また徙居钟离之の东乡，勤つとむ俭忠厚あつ，人称にんしょう长者。母はは太ふとし后きさき陈氏生せい四よん子し，上うえ其季也。”

[3] Yanshan Hall Collection (弇山堂どう别集), Volume 6 (San zu jue feng, 三さん祖そ爵封)

[4] History of Ming, Volume 2：追つい尊みこと高祖こうそ考こう曰玄皇帝こうてい，廟びょう號ごう德とく祖そ，曾祖そうそ考こう曰恆皇帝こうてい，廟びょう號ごう懿祖；祖そ考こう曰裕皇帝こうてい，廟びょう號ごう熙祖，皇考こうこう曰淳皇帝こうてい，廟びょう號ごう仁じん祖そ，妣皆皇后こうごう。

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