Huang Zicheng

Huang Shi (Chinese: 黃湜; 1350–1402), courtesy name Zicheng (子澄), better known as Huang Zicheng, was a Chinese official of the early Ming dynasty, who rose to the position of Hanlin Chancellor.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Huang.
Portrait of Huang Zicheng

Huang Zicheng got first place in the metropolitan examination in 1385, during the reign of the Hongwu Emperor. He successively served as Junior Historiography Compiler (編修), Senior Historiography Compiler (修撰), Chief Minister of the Court of Imperial Sarifices (太常寺卿), etc., and Reader-companion for the Heir Apparent (伴讀東宮). After the Jianwen Emperor ascended the throne, he concurrently served as Hanlin Chancellor (翰林學士) and jointly proposed with Qi Tai to reduce the power of princes. As a result, the Prince of Yan Zhu Di launched the Jingnan campaign in 1399, and in 1402, after Zhu Di seized the throne, he arrested and executed Huang Zicheng.

In the early Hongguang era, he was given the posthumous title of Jiemin (節愍); the Qing Qianlong Emperor gave him the posthumous title of Zhongque (忠愨).[1]

Huang Zicheng had a son who changed his name to Tian Jing (田經). He survived and was pardoned during the reign of the Hongxi Emperor. Huang Zicheng had a descendant, Huang Biao (黃表), who passed the imperial examination with the highest rank of jinshi during the reign of the Zhengde Emperor.[2][3][4]

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References
  1. Qinding Shengchao xunjie zhuchen lu (欽定勝朝殉節諸臣錄, "(Imperially endorsed) Records of the subjects who had loyally died for the defeated dynasty"), Vol. 12:「黃子澄首進密謀，力尊主執，知人識短，報國心堅，諡忠愍。」
  2. History of Ming, Vol. 141:「一子變姓名為田經，遇赦，家湖廣咸寧。正德中，進士黃表其後云。」
  3. History of Ming, Vol. 141:「仁宗即位，諭禮部：「建文諸臣，已蒙顯戮。家屬籍在官者，悉宥為民，還其田土。其外親戍邊者，留一人戍所，余放還。」」
  4. Leng lu za shi (冷廬雜識), Vol. 2:「黃子澄死靖難，子易其姓為田，名經。」
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