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Hongwu Emperor

ཀྲུའུ་ཡོན་ཀྲང་། bo 朱元璋 zh

Founding emperor of China's Ming dynasty; ruled 1368–1398

  • Child of Zhu Shizhen and Empress Chun
  • Married to Empress Ma, Cheng Mu, Li Shufei and 2 more
  • Dated 29 October 1328 CE – 24 June 1398 CE

Overview

founding emperor of China's Ming dynasty; ruled 1368–1398Wikidata record description. Read Hongwu Emperor in the Wikipedia reader.

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Roles and affiliation

Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.

Offices held 1

  1. 23 January 1368 CE – 24 June 1398 CE Emperor of China jurisdiction: Ming dynasty Succeeded Toghon Temür

Family tree

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Teachers and students

Teaching passed from one person to another, in the direction of the arrows — not ancestry, and not succession.

Studied under 1

Hongwu Emperor founding emperor of China's Ming dynasty; ruled 1368–1398

What the records tie them to

Founded, supported, associated with — as third parties recorded it.

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