Jingtai (Chinese: 景泰; pinyin: Jǐngtài; Wade–Giles: Ching-t'ai; lit. 'exalted view'; 14 January 1450 – 14 February 1457) was the era name (nianhao) of the Jingtai Emperor, the seventh emperor of the Ming dynasty, lasting for seven years. On 11 February 1457 (Jingtai 8, 17th day of the 1st month), Emperor Yingzong took advantage of the Jingtai Emperor's serious illness and inability to attend court, launching the "Duomen Coup" (奪門之變, 'Storming of the Gates Incident') and reclaiming his imperial throne. On 15 February of the same year (21st day of the 1st month), Emperor Yingzong changed the era to Tianshun.^[1][2]

Comparison table

Other regimes' era names that existed during the same period

• China
  • Dongyang (東陽, 1449–1450): Ming period—era name of Huang Xiaoyang (黃蕭養)
  • Xuanyuan (玄元, 1451): Ming period—era name of Zhu Huizha (朱徽煠)
  • Tianyuan (添元, 1453–1457): Oirats—era name of Esen
  • Tianshun (天順, 1456): Ming period—era name of Li Zhen
• Vietnam
  • Đại Hòa (大和) or Thái Hòa (太和) (1443–1453): Later Lê dynasty—era name of Lê Nhân Tông
  • Diên Ninh (延寧, 1454–1459): Later Lê dynasty—era name of Lê Nhân Tông
• Japan
  • Hōtoku (宝徳, 1449–1452): era name of Emperor Go-Hanazono
  • Kyōtoku (享徳, 1452–1455): era name of Emperor Go-Hanazono
  • Kōshō (康正, 1455–1457): era name of Emperor Go-Hanazono