Zhu Yuyue

Shaowu Emperor
紹武帝
Emperor of the Southern Ming dynasty
Reign11 December 1646 – 20 January 1647
PredecessorLongwu Emperor
SuccessorYongli Emperor
Prince of Tang
Tenure1645–1646
PredecessorZhu Yujian
SuccessorZhu Yu'e
Born1605
Wanli 33
(萬曆三十三年)
Died20 January 1647(1647-01-20) (aged 41–42)
Longwu 2, 15th day of the 12th month
(隆武二年十二月十五日)
Burial
Graveyard of the Shaowu Emperor and his Ministers (紹武君臣冢), Mukegang, Yuexiu Hill, Guangzhou
Names
Zhu Yuyue (朱聿鐭[1])
Era dates
Shaowu[2] (紹武)
HouseZhu
DynastySouthern Ming
FatherZhu Qisheng
MotherLady Mao

Zhu Yuyue (Chinese: 朱聿鐭; pinyin: Zhū Yùyuè;[1] 1605 – 20 January 1647), the Prince of Tang (Chinese: 唐王; pinyin: Táng Wáng), reigned as the Shaowu Emperor (Chinese: 紹武帝; pinyin: Shàowǔ Dì) of the Southern Ming dynasty from 1646 to 1647.

  1. ^ a b The rare character 𨮁 cannot be seen with many browsers' fonts. It looks like the combination [金粵] (see U+028B81 in Unihan database) and is pronounced "yuè" according to dictionaries such as zdic.net. Many online sources substitute for the rare character 𨮁 the more common character 鐭, which has a different element on the right. The name is transcribed as Zhu Yuyue e.g. in Frederic E Wakeman, Jr., 'The Great Enterprise'.
  2. ^ The era name Shaowu was originally planned to supersede Longwu (隆武) in 1647, but the Shaowu Emperor's reign ended before the era name was put into effective use.