# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/xuande-emperor
# Generated: 2026-08-31T17:01:36.631Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/xuande-emperor"
name: "Xuande Emperor"
slug: "xuande-emperor"
description: "Fifth emperor of the Ming dynasty, Zhu Zhanji ruled China from 1425 to 1435 in what historians later called the dynasty's golden age — a decade of relative peace bookended by his defeat of a rebelling uncle and a reign that saw eunuchs grow quietly powerful."
tagline: "Emperor of the Ming Dynasty (1399-1435)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E6%98%8E%E5%AE%A3%E5%AE%97.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "CN"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1399-03-16"
deathDate: "1435-01-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.209137343927355
  historical:           22.81158
  currentAttention:     12.27298524404086
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
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  - name: "Artist"
    slug: "artist"
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  - name: "Painting"
    slug: "painting"
  - name: "Politics"
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  - name: "Medieval Era"
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    title: "شوان‌دو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Zhu Zhanji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ئیمپراتۆر سواندی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Xuande"
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    title: "Xuande"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu_Zhanji"
    title: "Zhu Zhanji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaisar_Xuande"
    title: "Kaisar Xuande"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xuande"
    title: "Xuande"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%A3%E5%BE%B3%E5%B8%9D"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Шюаньдө"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "सम्राट सुआन्-द"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maharaja Xuande"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اكسواند امپيرور"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Zhu Zhanji inherited the throne at twenty-six in 1425 and immediately reversed his father's plan to move the capital from Beijing back to Nanjing. His uncle Zhu Gaoxu rebelled; the young emperor personally led his army and crushed him. A protracted war in Đại Việt ended in Ming withdrawal and Vietnamese independence early in his reign, but the rest of the decade passed without major conflict — minimal Mongol threats in the north, stable ties with Korea, new relations with Japan in 1432, and peaceful contact with Southeast Asia. He permitted Zheng He's final Indian Ocean voyage in 1431–1433. A poet, painter, and military tactician, he lowered taxes in overtaxed Jiangnan, dispatched provincial coordinators to root out corruption, and reformed military service in 1428, though hereditary soldiers remained demoralized. Eunuchs gained influence in his secret police; paper money collapsed despite government promotion. He died at thirty-five in 1435.