Jianwen Emperor

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The Jianwen Emperor (5 December 1377 – 13 July 1402), personal name Zhu Yunwen, was the second emperor of the Ming dynasty of China, reigning from 1398 to 1402. Zhu Yunwen's father was Zhu Biao, the eldest son and heir apparent of the Hongwu Emperor, the founder of the Ming dynasty. Zhu Biao died in 1392, after which the Hongwu Emperor named Zhu Yunwen as his successor. Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne after the Hongwu Emperor's death in June 1398. Upon his accession, the Jianwen Emperor immediately began revising the Hongwu Emperor's reforms, with the most significant change being the attempt to limit or eliminate the power of princes who were sons of the Hongwu Emperor. Zhu Di, the most powerful of these princes, rebelled against the Jianwen Emperor in 1399. He did this under the pretext of acting against allegedly corrupt court officials who had influenced the Emperor, following the Emperor's order for the imprisonment of Zhu Di's own followers. This sparked a civil war known as the Jingnan...

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