#210 - Ming 5: The Problem With Princes

The History of China

Chris Stewart

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🗓️ 1 March 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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The Hongwu Emperor enters the twilight of his life. But before he's ready to ride off into that long sunset, he's going to take a hell of a lot more people with him... Time Period: 1387-1398 CE Major Historical FIgures: The Hongwu Emperor (Zhu Yuanzhang) [r. 1368-1398] Crown Prince Zhu Biao [1355-1392] Crown Prince Zhu Yunwen (The Jianwen Emperor) [1377-1402] Zhu Shuang, the Prince of Qin [1356-1395] Zhu Gang, the Prince of Jin [1358-1398] Zhu Di, the Prince of Yan [1360-1424] Zhu Su, the Prince of Zhou [1361-1425] General Fu Youde [1327-1394] General Feng Sheng [d. 1395] Major Sources: Langlois, John D., Jr. “The Hung-Wu-Reign” in The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 7: The Ming Dynasty, 13698-1644m Part I. Robinson, David M. In the Shadow of the Mongol Empire: Ming China and Eurasia. Sun, Bing. “The burial system of imperial concubines in the Ming Dynasty and the ‘ancestral system’ of the Ming Dynasty.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:46.0	Hello and welcome to the History of China.
0:49.0	Episode 210. The Problem with Princes.
0:57.0	We begin today outside of China proper.
1:01.0	Rather, we find ourselves in the peripheral, peninsular kingdom of Korea.
1:05.0	Or to be more accurate, the kingdom of Goryo.
1:08.0	Right about where we left off last time, as of the year 1387.
1:12.0	The kings of Korea had found themselves in something of a rather tight spot.
1:17.0	On the one hand, they were intimately bound by marriage and family to the Mongol Yuan dynasty.
1:22.0	And it worked long and hard to become so.
1:25.0	Heck, the last Empress of Great Yuan had herself been Korean.
1:29.0	On the other hand, there was an undeniable wind of change coursing across the region.
1:33.0	And by this point, no one could deny it.
1:36.0	The Mongols were in full flight back to their desolate homeland and a new power.
1:40.0	The Ming had firmly established itself as the principal power of the known world.
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