Zhu Yuanzhang

Examples of Zhu Yuanzhang in the following topics:

• Rise of the Ming Dynasty

  • The Ming dynasty was founded by the peasant rebel leader Zhu Yuanzhang.
  • Zhu Yuanzhang was a penniless peasant and Buddhist monk who joined the Red Turbans in 1352, but soon gained a reputation after marrying the foster daughter of a rebel commander.
  • Zhu Yuanzhang also took "Hongwu," or "Vastly Martial,"' as his reign title.
  • Zhu Yuanzhang drew on both past institutions and new approaches in order to create jiaohua (civilization) as an organic Chinese governing process.
  • Zhu Yuanzhang, later Hongwu Emperor, was the founder and first emperor of China's Ming dynasty.

• Decline of the Tang Dynasty

  • Zhu Wen, originally a salt smuggler who had served under the rebel Huang, surrendered to Tang forces.
  • In 907 the Tang dynasty was ended when Zhu Wen, now a military governor, deposed the last emperor of Tang, Emperor Ai of Tang, and took the throne for himself.
  • A year later the deposed Emperor Ai was poisoned by Zhu Wen, and died.
  • Zhu Wen was known posthumously as Emperor Taizu of Later Liang.

• The Song Dynasty

  • Philosophers such as Cheng Yi and Zhu Xi reinvigorated Confucianism with new commentary, infused with Buddhist ideals, and emphasized a new organization of classic texts that brought out the core doctrine of Neo-Confucianism.
  • Buddhism also had a profound influence upon the budding movement of Neo-Confucianism, led by Cheng Yi (1033–1107) and Zhu Xi (1130–1200).
  • The philosophical work of Cheng Yi in turn influenced Zhu Xi.
  • Although his contemporary peers did not accept his writings, Zhu's commentary and emphasis upon the Confucian classics of the Four Books as an introductory corpus to Confucian learning formed the basis of the Neo-Confucian doctrine.
  • By the year 1241, under the sponsorship of Emperor Lizong, Zhu Xi's Four Books and his commentary on them became standard requirements of study for students attempting to pass the civil service examinations.

• Origins of the Song Dynasty

  • Philosophers such as Cheng Yi and Zhu Xi reinvigorated Confucianism with new commentary infused with Buddhist ideals, and emphasized a new organization of classic texts that brought out the core doctrine of Neo-Confucianism.

• Religion Under the Tang Dynasty

  • In an age before Neo-Confucianism and figures such as Zhu Xi (1130–1200), Buddhism began to flourish in China during the Northern and Southern dynasties, and became the dominant ideology during the prosperous Tang.