Taichang (era)
Taichang (28 August 1620 – 21 January 1621) was the era name of the Taichang Emperor, the 15th emperor of the Ming dynasty of China. On 28 August 1620 (Wanli 48, 1st day of the 8th month), after the Taichang Emperor ascended to the throne, he continued to use the Wanli era name. There was an edict to change the era to Taichang on 22 January 1621 (New Year's Day of the second year of the Xinyou year). However, the Taichang Emperor fell ill shortly after he ascended the throne, and died on 26 September 1620 (1st day of the 9th month), reigned for only 30 days. On 1 October of the same year (6th day of the 9th month), after the Tianqi Emperor ascended to the throne, he issued an edict to change from 28 August 1620 (1st day of the 8th month) to 21 January 1621 (New Year's Eve, 29th day of the 12th month) as Taichang 1 (泰昌元年, "the first year of Taichang"). On 22 January 1621 (New Year's Day of the second year of the Xinyou year), the era was changed to Tianqi. Therefore, the era name "Taichang" was only used for four months.[1][2]
| Taichang | |||||||||
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| Chinese | 泰昌 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | "grand prosperity" | ||||||||
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Other regime eras that existed during the same period
- China
- Vietnam
- Vĩnh Tộ (永祚, 1619–1629): Later Lê dynasty — era name of Lê Thần Tông
- Long Thái (隆泰, 1618–1625): Mạc dynasty — era name of Mạc Kính Khoan
- Japan
- Genna (元和, 1615–1624): era name of Emperor Go-Mizunoo
References
- Li Chongzhi (李崇智) (December 2004). Zhongguo lidai nianhao kao (中国历代年号考). Beijing (北京): Zhonghua Book Co. (中华书局). p. 208. ISBN 978-7-101-02512-5.
- History of Ming, Volume 21:〔萬曆〕四十八年七月，神宗崩。……八月丙午朔，即皇帝位。大赦天下，以明年為泰昌元年。……熹宗即位，從廷臣議，改萬曆四十八年八月後為泰昌元年。Volume 22:〔萬曆四十八年〕九月乙亥，光宗崩，遺詔皇長子嗣皇帝位。……庚辰，即皇帝位。詔赦天下，以明年為天啟元年。
Further reading
- Li Chongzhi (李崇智) (December 2004). Zhongguo lidai nianhao kao (中國歷代年號考). Beijing (北京): Zhonghua Book Co. (中華書局). ISBN 7101025129.
- Deng Hongbo (鄧洪波) (March 2005). Chronology of East Asian history (東亞歷史年表). Taipei (臺北): National Taiwan University, Program for East Asian Classics and Cultures (國立臺灣大學東亞經典與文化研究計劃). ISBN 9789860005189. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2021-11-26.