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The Ming dynasty was the last unified dynasty founded by the Han ethnic group in Chinese history, lasting for 276 years. [1] The dynasty continued the tradition of using the emperor's era name, which began with Emperor Wu of Han, to record the year.
During the Ming dynasty, except for Emperor Yingzong, the emperors only declared one era name during their reign, whereas emperors of previous dynasties usually had multiple era names. As a result, the emperors of the Ming dynasty were commonly referred to by their single era names. [26]
Toggle Ming dynasty subsection. 14.1 Ming dynasty. 14.2 Southern ... This is a list of the Chinese era names used by the various dynasties and regimes in the history ...
The last Yuan emperor fled north to the upper capital Shangdu, and Zhu declared the founding of the Ming dynasty after razing the Yuan palaces in Dadu to the ground; [11] the city was renamed Beiping in the same year. [12] Zhu Yuanzhang took Hongwu, or "Vastly Martial", as his era name.
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]
There were numerous era names that saw repeated use throughout Chinese history. For instance, the era name Taiping (太平; lit. "great peace") was used on at least ten occasions in China. In such cases, Chinese sources would often affix the name of the dynasty or the ruler before the era name for the purpose of disambiguation.
Jiajing (Chinese: 嘉靖; pinyin: Jiājìng; Wade–Giles: Chia-ching; lit. 'admirable tranquility'; 28 January 1522 – 8 February 1567) was the era name (nianhao) of the Jiajing Emperor, the 12th emperor of the Ming dynasty. The Jiajing era lasted for 45 years, making it the second-longest era of the Ming.
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