| Zhu Youyuan 朱祐杬 | |||||||||||||
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| Prince of Xing | |||||||||||||
| Tenure | 30 July 1487 – 13 July 1519 | ||||||||||||
| Successor | Zhu Houcong | ||||||||||||
| Born | 22 July 1476 Chenghua 12, 2nd day of the 7th month (成化十二年七月初二日) | ||||||||||||
| Died | 13 July 1519 (aged 42) Zhengde 14, 17th day of the 6th month (正德十四年六月十七日) | ||||||||||||
| Burial | Xianling Mausoleum (in present-day Zhongxiang, Hubei) | ||||||||||||
| Consorts |
Empress Cixiaoxian
(m. 1492–1519) | ||||||||||||
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| House | Zhu | ||||||||||||
| Father | Chenghua Emperor | ||||||||||||
| Mother | Empress Xiaohui | ||||||||||||
Zhu Youyuan (Chinese: 朱祐杬; pinyin: Zhū Yòuyuán; 22 July 1476 – 13 July 1519), was a prince of the Ming dynasty of China. He was the fourth son of the Chenghua Emperor.
Created Prince of Xing (興王), his fief was near today's Zhongxiang, in Hubei Province. He and his wife were posthumously honored by his son after he became the Jiajing Emperor in 1521.
His tomb originally was an ordinary prince's tomb which located at Songlin Mount (松林山), Zhongxiang, Hubei Province. The tomb was rebuilt in 1519, until 1521. His son the Jiajing Emperor enthroned, Jiajing against the ministers for his posthumously title. Later, he was posthumously honored as "Emperor Xingxian" (興獻帝), then his tomb rebuilt as emperor's style and renamed as "Xianling" (顯陵).
Originally, ministers against the Jiajing Emperor for worship imperial temple for Zhu Youyuan. Then, Jiajing had to set up another temple for him and named as "shimiao" (世廟), then renamed as "Temple of Emperor Xian" in 1536.[1] Two years later, the temple restyled as imperial ancestral temple, and Jiajing honored Zhu Youyuan with the temple name "Ruizong". At that time, Jiajing had relocated the temple with the Hongzhi Emperor's temple, because they were brothers.[2]
After the temple was rebuilt, Jiajing had veto for let Zhu Youyuan shared the same temple with Hongzhi,[3] and relocated the temple at the above of the Zhengde Emperor's temple.[4] At this point, Jiajing had finally posthumously honored Zhu Youyuan as emperor and finished the worship.
During the reigns of the Wanli and Tianqi emperors, ministers requested the removal of Zhu Youyuan's temple but were still vetoed.[5]
The original text:
王諱祐杬，乃憲宗純皇帝之第二子，母邵氏。成化十二年七月初二日生，成化二十三年七月十一日封為興王，弘治七年九月十八日之國湖廣安陸州，正德十四年六月十七日以疾薨，享年四十四歲。妃蔣氏，中兵馬指揮蔣斆之女。子一人，女二人。訃聞，上輟視朝三日，遣官賜祭，乃命有司治喪如制。慈壽皇太后、憲廟皇妃及文武衙門皆致祭焉。於正德十五年四月初三日，葬於松林山之原。嗚呼！惟王宗室至親，享有大國，仁厚恭慎，人無閒言，夫何一疾，遽至不起，豈非命耶！爰述其概，納諸幽宮，用垂不朽云。
Approximately translate:
The prince name Youyuan, was 2nd son (actually was 4th son) of Emperor Xianzong Chun (the Chenghua Emperor), his mother was Lady Shao (Empress Xiaohui). He was born on 2nd day, 7th month in 12th year of Chenghua's reign, bestowed as Prince of Xing 11th day, 7th month in 23rd year of Chenghua's reign, and took the fief as Prince on 18th day, 9th month of 7th year Hongzhi's reign, which was located at Anlu, Huguang, he died illness on 17th day, 6th month of 14th year of Zhengde's reign, when he was 44. His consort is Lady Jiang, who was daughter of Jiang Xiao, a military commander. They had a son and 2 daughters (living children). When the emperor got the obituaries, he has ceases pilgrimage for three days, send officers to granted worship.
Consorts and Issue:
| Hongxi Emperor (1378–1425) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Xuande Emperor (1399–1435) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Empress Chengxiaozhao (1379–1442) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Emperor Yingzong of Ming (1427–1464) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sun Zhong (1368–1452) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Empress Xiaogongzhang (1399–1462) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lady Dong | |||||||||||||||||||
| Chenghua Emperor (1447–1487) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Zhou Fushan | |||||||||||||||||||
| Zhou Neng | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lady Guo | |||||||||||||||||||
| Empress Xiaosu (1430–1504) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lady Zhen | |||||||||||||||||||
| Zhu Youyuan (1476–1519) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Shao Shou | |||||||||||||||||||
| Shao Yi | |||||||||||||||||||
| Shao Lin | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lady Peng | |||||||||||||||||||
| Empress Xiaohui (d. 1522) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lady Yang | |||||||||||||||||||