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"background:#ccf border-bottom:2px solid" colspan=2Hongwu Emperor
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right style="border-top:1px solid"Birth and death:style="border-top:1px solid"Sep 21, 1328 – Jun 24, 1398
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right style="border-top:1px solid" Family Name :style="border-top:1px solid"Zhū (朱)
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right style="border-top:1px solid" Birth Name (小名):style="border-top:1px solid"Chongba¹ (重八)</small>
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right style="border-top:1px solid" Given Name (大名):style="border-top:1px solid"Xingzong (興宗),<br>later Yuánzhāng&2 (元璋)</small>
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right style="border-top:1px solid" Courtesy Name (字):style="border-top:1px solid"Guorui (國瑞)</small>
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right style="border-top:3px solid"Dates of reign:style="border-top:3px solid"Jan 23 1368 ³ – Jun 24, 1398
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right style="border-top:1px solid" (明)
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right style="border-top:1px solid" Era Name :style="border-top:1px solid"Hóngwǔ (洪武)
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right style="border-top:1px solid"&ndashFeb 5, 1399 <small><sup>4
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right style="border-top:1px solid" Temple Name :style="border-top:1px solid"Tàizǔ (太祖)
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right style="border-top:1px solid" Posthumous Name :<br><center>(short)style="border-top:1px solid"Emperor Gao (高皇帝)
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right style="border-top:1px solid" Posthumous Name :<br><center>(full)style="border-top:1px solid"Emperor Kaitian Xingdao Zhaoji<br>Liji Dasheng Zhishen Renwen<br>Yiwu Junde Chenggong Gao<br>開天行道肇紀立極大聖至神仁文
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2 align=center style="border-top:3px solid"<small>''General note: Dates given here are in the Julian Calendar <br>They are not in the Proleptic Gregorian Calendar ''
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2 align=center ———
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2 align=center <small>''1 Name given by his parents at birth and used only inside the<br>family This birth name, which means "double eight", was<br>allegedly given to him because the combined age of his parents<br>when he was born was 88 years''
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2 align=center <small>''2 Was known as Zhu Xingzong when he became an adult, a name<br>that was changed to Zhu Yuanzhang in 1352 when he started<br>to become famous among the rebelled leaders''
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2 align=center <small>''3 Was already in control of Nanjing since 1356 , was made Duke<br>of Wu''</small> (吳國公)<small> ''by the rebelled leader Han Lin'er''</small> (韓林兒)<small><br>''in 1361 , and started autonomous rule as self-proclaimed Prince<br>of Wu''</small> (吳王)<small> ''on February 4, 1364 Was proclaimed emperor<br>on January 23, 1368 , establishing the Ming Dynasty <br>that same day''
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2 align=center <small>''4 The era was officially re-established on July 30, 1402 when<br> Emperor Jianwen was overthrown, with retroactivity for the 4 years<br>of the Jianwen era, so that 1402 was considered the 35th year<br>of Hongwu The Honwgu era then ended on January 22, 1403,<br>the next day being the start of the Yongle era''
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