# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hongxi-emperor
# Generated: 2026-09-01T19:53:53.853Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/hongxi-emperor"
name: "Hongxi Emperor"
slug: "hongxi-emperor"
description: "He reigned less than a year but reversed his father's wars and expeditions, freed disgraced officials, and reshaped Ming governance along Confucian lines — a program so decisive it set the template for the century that followed."
tagline: "Emperor of the Ming Dynasty from 1424 to 1425"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1378-08-16"
deathDate: "1425-05-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           22.495068
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Zhu Gaochi was born 16 August 1378, eldest son of the prince who would seize the Ming throne in a 1402 civil war and become the Yongle Emperor. His father gave him a rigorous Confucian education and left him as regent in Nanjing or Beijing during military campaigns. When Zhu Gaochi took the throne in 1424 as the Hongxi Emperor, he moved fast: he canceled Zheng He's ocean voyages, ended the tea-for-horses trade and the Yunnan gold missions, pardoned the previous regime's outcasts, strengthened the Grand Secretariat, and dismantled his father's militarism in favor of tax reform and resettling displaced peasants along the Yangtze. He announced the capital would return to Nanjing. A month later, in May 1425, he died — likely a heart attack. His son Zhu Zhanji succeeded him as the Xuande Emperor and kept the reforms alive.