Ming emperor yongle biography
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Yongle Emperor
The Yongle Emperor (May 2, &#;– August 12, ), known in China as Zhu Di, was the 3rd emperor of the Ming part of China's history.
Ming emperor yongle biography
He was the emperor of China from to He is important because he moved China's capital to Beijing, built its Forbidden City, and sent Zheng He on trips to Indonesia, India, Arabia, and eastern Africa.
Names
[change | change source]The Yongle Emperor's real name was Zhū Dì.[a] It is written 朱棣 in Chinese writing.
His given name was Di and his family were the Zhus, but Chinese people write their family names first. His name means "Japanese cherry", but in Chinese that bush or tree isn't thought of as Japanese.
Ming emperor yongle
In old China, the Chinese emperors did not number their years from one place. Instead, they gave names to eras (groups of years) any time they wanted. Some emperors made 10 or more eras while they led China. Zhu Di started his era the year after he took Yingtian (now Nanjing) from his nephew the Jianwen Emperor in