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明武宗像
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明朝画师
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Portrait of Emperor Zhengde (9863895755)
By
Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China
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Wikimedia Commons
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明武宗

Míng Wǔzōng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Ming Wuzong
  2. 2 11th emperor of the Ming dynasty (reigned 1505-1521)
  3. 3 temple name of the Zhengde Emperor

About Zhengde Emperor

1491–1521 · 君主 monarch

Ming emperor from 1505 to 1521 who left government to favourites such as the eunuch 刘瑾, lived in a private compound called the 豹房 and led troops in person under a general's title he gave himself. He died without a son.

Also called  朱厚照、 正德

Examples

HSK 1
明武宗的年号是正德。
Míng Wǔzōng de niánhào shì Zhèngdé.
Ming Wuzong's reign era was Zhengde.
HSK 7-9
明武宗以贪玩和荒唐闻名于史。
Míng Wǔzōng yǐ tānwán hé huāngtáng wénmíng yú shǐ.
Ming Wuzong is famous in history for his fondness for fun and his extravagance.

Tips

history
He once banned raising and slaughtering pigs: 猪 'pig' sounds like his surname 朱, and he was born in a Year of the Pig. The ban was soon dropped. He died in 1521 of an illness that followed a fall into a river while he played at fishing.
culture
宗 (zōng) in temple names marks an emperor of secondary stature compared to dynastic founders, who get 祖 (zǔ). Hence 明太祖 Hongwu (founder) but 明武宗 Zhengde.

Stroke Order

明 míng
武 wǔ
宗 zōng