The second emperor was Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Yuanzhang's grandson, whose reign title was Jian Wen during the four years he was on the throne. Zhu Yunwen's uncle, Zhu Di, the Prince of Yan, who was in ...

Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, established his capital in Nanjing (Chinese for southern capital). He ate mostly food cooked with the flavors of South China during his ...

Nevertheless, it’s one of the city’s genuine treasures. Zhu Yuanzhang (1328-98), or the Hongwu Emperor as he was called, lived a respectable 69 years, leaving behind a legacy of stable ...

The story goes that Chinese rebels, led by Zhu Yuanzhang, the man who would one day be emperor of China’s Ming dynasty, hid pieces of paper with secret messages inside the pastries to plan a ...