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During the Ming dynasty, many of the era names were repeated from the previous dynasties, including era names used by peasant rebellion armies, [a] which became a source of jokes until the end of the dynasty. [18] [19] [20] Even outer vassals like Joseon and the Ryukyu Kingdom adopted the Ming dynasty era name. However, after being forced to ...
Zhu Yuanzhang proclaims himself the Hongwu Emperor of the Ming dynasty (note that Ming and Qing use the era name rather than temple name) [18] 17 February: Ming forces conquer Fujian and capture Chen Youding, who is executed [19] 1 March: Ming forces conquer Shandong [16] 16 April: Ming forces capture Kaifeng [16] 18 April
The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming was the last imperial dynasty of China ruled by the Han people , the majority ethnic group in China.
1 List of Ming dynasty era names. Toggle List of Ming dynasty era names subsection. 1.1 Accessibility review (MOS:DTAB) Toggle the table of contents.
The emperors of the Ming dynasty ruled over China proper from 1368 to 1644 during the late imperial era of China (960–1912). Members of the Ming dynasty continued to rule a series of rump states in southern China, commonly known as the Southern Ming, until 1662; the Ming dynasty succeeded the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty and preceded the Manchu-led Qing dynasty.
The Mongol-led Yuan dynasty (1279–1368) ruled before the establishment of the Ming dynasty. Alongside institutionalized ethnic discrimination against the Han people that stirred resentment and rebellion, other explanations for the Yuan's demise included overtaxing areas hard-hit by crop failure, inflation, and massive flooding of the Yellow River as a result of the abandonment of irrigation ...
141–87 BCE) onwards, [c] emperors also adopted one or several era names (年號; Niánhào), or "reign mottos", [17] to divide their rule by important events or accomplishments. [18] Ming (1368–1644) and Qing (1644–1912) rulers are referred to solely by their era names, of which they only had one. [19]
After the fall of the dynasty in 1644 and the Chongzhen Emperor's suicide, a series of Ming princes based in the south of China claimed the imperial title, their court being known as the Southern Ming. These claimants are given with their era names, and the timespans of their purported reigns in brackets.