Zhu Gang

TimelineCBDB

1. 1370 晉王 洪武
2. 1389 宗人府左宗正 洪武

Office recordsCBDB

FamilyCBDB

AliasesCBDB

• 三子 行第
• 恭 諡號
• 晉恭王 未詳
• 晉王 封爵

StatusCBDB

• 宗子

AssociationsCBDB

ExaminationsCBDB

Citations

1. [1] Name, identity, and dates Zhu Gang was the legitimate third son of the Hongwu Emperor, a Ming imperial prince and Prince of Jin; his birth year is disputed and his death is placed in 1398.
   • CBDBZhu Gang (67284)The person entry gives the name Zhu Gang, birth year 1359, death year 1398, Ming affiliation, imperial-clan classification, and the title Prince of Jin.
   • Souyun朱棡 (47079)The biography identifies him as the third son of the Ming Taizu and states that he died in 1398 after being made Prince of Jin.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database朱棡 (A010054)The authority entry names Zhu Gang, calls him Zhu Yuanzhang’s legitimate third son, places him in the Ming dynasty, and supplies the Jin title and dates.
   • WikidataZhu Gang (Q3499518)The English label and description identify Zhu Gang as a Ming prince and the third son of the Hongwu Emperor; the English aliases include Jinwang.
2. [2] Aliases and posthumous designation He was associated with the designations Sanzi and Gong and with Jingongwang, rendered in English as Prince Gong of Jin.
   • CBDBZhu Gang (67284)The alternate-name entries list Sanzi, Gong, and Jingongwang, identifying the first as an order designation and the second as a posthumous name.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database朱棡 (A010054)The authority entry lists Jin Gongwang and Jinwang and states that the posthumous title was Jin Gongwang.
   • WikidataZhu Gang (Q3499518)The English aliases include Gong, Jingongwang, Jinwang, Prince Gong of Jin, and Sanzi.
3. [3] Conflicting dates The dates vary: the birth is left unknown, given as 1359, dated to 25 January 1359, or dated to 18 December 1358; the death is placed in 1398, with 10 May and 30 March as alternative dates.
   • CBDBZhu Gang (67284)The entry gives 1359 as the year used for the birth index and 1398 as the death year.
   • Souyun朱棡 (47079)The biography leaves the birth year unspecified and gives the death year as 1398.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database朱棡 (A010054)The authority entry gives 1359-01-25 as the birth date and 1398-05-10 as the death date.
   • WikidataZhu Gang (Q3499518)The date claims give the alternative dates 1358-12-18 and 1398-03-30.
4. [4] Education Zhu Gang studied literature under Song Lian and calligraphy under Du Huan.
   • Souyun朱棡 (47079)The biography specifically says that he studied literary learning under Song Lian and calligraphy under Du Huan.
   • CBDBZhu Gang (67284)The relationship entries identify Song Lian and Du Huan as teachers, without specifying the fields of study.
5. [5] Imperial-clan status Zhu Gang was classified within the imperial clan and carried the status designation zongzi.
   • CBDBZhu Gang (67284)The status entry gives zongzi and the classification entry gives imperial clan.
6. [6] Enfeoffment and Taiyuan residence Zhu Gang was made Prince of Jin in the third Hongwu year, 1370, and went to his fief at Taiyuan in the eleventh year, 1378.
   • Souyun朱棡 (47079)The biography states that he was made Prince of Jin in the third Hongwu year and went to Taiyuan in the eleventh year.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database朱棡 (A010054)The authority note supplies the corresponding Gregorian years 1370 and 1378 and lists Jinwang as an alias.
   • CBDBZhu Gang (67284)The office entry dates the Prince of Jin title from the third Hongwu year, 1370.
7. [7] Office in the Imperial Clan Court In 1389, the twenty-second Hongwu year, Zhu Gang held the office of Left Director of the Office of Imperial Clan Affairs.
   • CBDBZhu Gang (67284)Two office entries identify the office as Zongrenfu Zuozongzheng; one gives 1389 and the other marks the twenty-second Hongwu year.
8. [8] Character and military role He was resourceful but proud and often acted unlawfully in his domain; the emperor entrusted the princes of Jin and Yan with military responsibilities, repeatedly sent him beyond the frontier, and placed the generals Feng Sheng and Fu Youde under his control.
   • Souyun朱棡 (47079)The biography gives his intelligence and pride, says that he often acted unlawfully in his domain, and describes the military responsibilities of the princes of Jin and Yan and the subordination of Feng Sheng and Fu Youde.
9. [9] Posthumous title At death he received the posthumous name Gong, while another form gives the full posthumous title as Jingongwang.
   • Souyun朱棡 (47079)The biography ends by giving the posthumous name Gong.
   • CBDBZhu Gang (67284)The alternate-name entries list Gong as a posthumous name and Jingongwang as another form.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database朱棡 (A010054)The authority entry lists Jingongwang and identifies it as the posthumous title.
   • WikidataZhu Gang (Q3499518)The English aliases include Gong and Prince Gong of Jin.
10. [10] Wutai Banruo Temple attribution A later attribution says that during the Chenghua era he rebuilt the Wutai Banruo Temple after hearing of the exemplary conduct of the monk 立禪.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database朱棡 (A010054)The authority note places the rebuilding of Wutai Banruo Temple in the Chenghua era, after the monk 立禪’s exemplary conduct came to notice.
11. [11] Lineage The lineage includes named descendants from a grandson through a tenth-generation descendant, including 朱美圭, 朱鍾鋐, 朱奇沄, 朱知㸅, 朱新㙉, 朱慎鋷, 朱敏沒, 朱求杚, and 朱表杋.
    • CBDBZhu Gang (67284)The kinship entries identify 朱美圭 as a grandson, 朱鍾鋐 as a great-grandson, 朱奇沄 as a fourth-generation descendant, 朱知㸅 as a sixth-generation descendant, 朱新㙉 as a seventh-generation descendant, 朱慎鋷 as an eighth-generation descendant, 朱敏沒 as a ninth-generation descendant, 朱求杚 as a tenth-generation descendant, and 朱表杋 as a fifth-generation descendant.