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    The Yongle Emperor (2 May 1360 – 12 August 1424), personal name Zhu Di (Chinese: 朱棣; pinyin: Zhū Dì; Wade–Giles: Chu Ti), was the third emperor of the...
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    The Yongle Emperor's campaigns against the Mongols happened from 1410 to 1424. It comprised five aggressive military expeditions by Ming China's armies...
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    that placed the Prince of Yan upon the throne as the Yongle Emperor in 1402. The Yongle Emperor established Yan as a secondary capital and renamed it...
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    Yung-lo Ta-tien; lit. 'Great Canon of Yongle') Chinese leishu encyclopedia commissioned by the Yongle Emperor (r. 1402–1424) of the Ming dynasty in 1403...
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    military disciplines. This impressed Yongle Emperor, who shared Zhu Zhanji's love for hunting and riding. Yongle allowed him to accompany him on hunting...
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    Ming dynasty, reigned from 1424 to 1425. He was the eldest son of the Yongle Emperor and Empress Renxiaowen and the maternal grandson of Xu Da, Prince of...
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    previous emperor, the Hongwu Emperor, as being too harsh. After taking the throne, he cancelled these laws, but his successor, the Yongle Emperor, later...
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    group that the Yongle Emperor had to cooperate with and appease. Historian Michael Chang points out that the Yongle Emperor was an "emperor on horseback"...
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    Zheng He (category Yongle Emperor)
    the surname Zheng conferred by the Yongle Emperor. Commissioned by the Yongle Emperor and later the Xuande Emperor, Zheng commanded seven expeditionary...
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  • been crowned with the regnal title of Öljei Temür Khan in 1403, the Yongle Emperor sent an envoy to congratulate him and demand his submission in 1409...
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    16th century. Conferred by the Jianwen Emperor Conferred by the Yongle Emperor Changed by the Jiajing Emperor Goodrich, Luther Carrington; Fang Chaoying...
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    the emperor changed the Yongle Emperor's temple name from "Taizong" to "Chengzu". It is believed that Jiajing's interest in the Yongle Emperor stemmed...
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    Ming emperor, the Hongwu Emperor, is located near his capital Nanjing; the second emperor, the Jianwen Emperor, was overthrown by the Yongle Emperor and...
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    House of Zhu (redirect from Emperor Zhu)
    overthrown his nephew, Zhu Di seized the throne and became known as the Yongle Emperor (r. 1402–1424); his reign is universally viewed by scholars as a "second...
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    example, the Hongwu Emperor is frequently referred to as Ming Taizu. The Yongle Emperor assumed the throne of his nephew, the Jianwen Emperor, who was officially...
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  • [citation needed] After a successful insurrection against Jianwen Emperor, the Yongle Emperor orders the execution of many high-ranking officials of the court...
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    Ming treasure voyages (category Yongle Emperor)
    undertaken by Ming China's treasure fleet between 1405 and 1433. The Yongle Emperor ordered the construction of the fleet in 1403. The grand project resulted...
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    especially during the reign of the Yongle Emperor. The early Ming emperors from the Hongwu Emperor to the Zhengde Emperor continued Yuan practices such as...
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    dynasty took control of the Delhi Sultanate. Under the rule of the Yongle Emperor, who built the Forbidden City and commanded Zheng He to explore the...
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    the Hongwu Emperor, and his son, the Yongle Emperor, produced tributary states of many Central Asian countries. In 1394, the Hongwu Emperor's ambassadors...
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    people left for China with Admiral Zheng He to pay homage to the Yongle Emperor. Yongle praised Parameswara and acknowledged him as the rightful ruler of...
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    capital to Khanbaliq under the Mongol Yuan and to Beijing under the Yongle Emperor of the Ming and the Manchu Qing. Despite the importance of railways...
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    Hongwu Emperor Jianwen Emperor Yongle Emperor Hongxi Emperor Xuande Emperor Emperor Yingzong of Ming Jingtai Emperor Chenghua Emperor Hongzhi Emperor Zhengde...
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    Empress Xu (Ming dynasty) (category Consorts of the Yongle Emperor)
    1362 – 6 August 1407), of the Xu clan, was the empress consort to the Yongle Emperor and the third empress of China's Ming dynasty. She was well educated...
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    (future Qianlong Emperor) and that might also contribute to Kangxi's support for Yinzhen as his heir, similar to how Yongle Emperor chose his heir due...
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  • individuals. For instance, the Yongle Emperor of the Ming dynasty was originally honored as Taizong by the Hongxi Emperor, but his temple name was later...
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    actually led by eunuch Liu Yongcheng, a 73-year-old veteran from the Yongle Emperor's reign. Each division also had a deputy commander, known as Jian qiang...
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    Yingtian was included in the Hongwu Emperor's "ancestral injunctions" for his dynasty, however, the Yongle Emperor was obliged to preserve its special...
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  • It was created by the Yongle Emperor. After the Yongle Emperor usurped the throne in 1402 from his nephew, the Jianwen Emperor, he attempted to retain...
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    Drogön Chögyal Phagpa of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism, the Yongle Emperor made a concerted effort to build a secular and religious alliance with...
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