#201 - Ming 1: Overflowing Martial Accomplishment
How does a peasant, orphan, son of a farmerin the Black Death, made a monk in the middle of a forgotten spotIn central Anhui by providence impoverishedIn squalor, grow up to be a rebel hero, then a monarch?Time Period Covered:1364-1368 CEMajo...
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Show Notes
How does a peasant, orphan, son of a farmer
in the Black Death, made a monk in the middle of a forgotten spot
In central Anhui by providence impoverished
In squalor, grow up to be a rebel hero, then a monarch?
Time Period Covered:
1364-1368 CE
Major Historical Figures:
Ming:
Zhu Yuanzhang (Hongwu Emperor) [r. 1368-1398]
General Xu Da [1332-1385]
General Chang Yuchun [1330-1369]
Commander Li Wenzhong [1338-1384]
Yuan:
Emperor Toghon Temür [r. 1333-1368, 1368-1370]
Crown Prince Ayushiridara [1340-1378]
General Chaghan Temür [d. 1362]
General Köke Temür [1330-1375]
General Bolod Temür [d. 1364]
Wu:
Zhang Shicheng (King of Dazhou) [r. 1354-1367]
General Li Bosheng
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