Tianqi Emperor

Tianqi Emperor
天啓帝
Palace portrait on a hanging scroll, kept in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Emperor of the Ming dynasty
Reign1 October 1620 –
30 September 1627[a]
Enthronement1 October 1620
PredecessorTaichang Emperor
SuccessorChongzhen Emperor
Born(1605-12-23)23 December 1605
Died30 September 1627(1627-09-30) (aged 21)
Palace of Heavenly Purity, Forbidden City, Shuntian Prefecture, North Zhili, Ming dynasty
Burial
De Mausoleum, Ming tombs, Beijing
Spouse
(m. 1621)
Names
Zhu Youjiao[b]
Era dates
Tianqi:[c] 22 January 1621 – 4 February 1628
Posthumous name
Emperor Datian Chandao Dunxiao Duyou Zhangwen Xiangwu Jingmu Zhuangqin Zhe[d]
Temple name
Xizong[e]
HouseZhu
DynastyMing
FatherTaichang Emperor
MotherEmpress Dowager Xiaohe
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese天啓帝
Simplified Chinese天启帝
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTiānqǐ Dì
Tianqi era teacups, Nantoyōsō Collection, Japan

The Tianqi Emperor (23 December 1605 – 30 September 1627), personal name Zhu Youjiao, was the 16th emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1620 to 1627.[2] He was the eldest son of the Taichang Emperor and an elder brother of the Chongzhen Emperor, who succeeded him. "Tianqi", the era name of his reign, means "heavenly opening".[3]


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  1. ^ 《崇禎長編》卷二指熹宗最初謚號為達天禪道敦孝篤友章文襄武靖穆莊勤哲皇帝,後由崇禎帝親自改。《說文解字》:「悊,敬也。」《說文解字》:「哲,知也。悊,哲或從心。」
  2. ^ "Tianqi". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2008.
  3. ^ "Zhu Yujiao – The Tianqi Emperor". Retrieved 2014-03-22.

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