Xuande Emperor

Emperor of the Ming Dynasty (1399-1435)

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Lived 1399–1435, aged 36China
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    1399–1435
    Aged 36
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Updated 2026-06-09

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.

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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…

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