The yongle emperor zhu di of ming

He was the emperor of China from to His given name was Di and his family were the Zhus, but Chinese people write their family names first. His name means " Japanese cherry ", but in Chinese that bush or tree isn't thought of as Japanese. In old China, the Chinese emperors did not number their years from one place. Instead, they gave names to eras groups of years any time they wanted.

Some emperors made 10 or more eras while they led China. Zhu Di started his era the year after he took Yingtian now Nanjing from his nephew the Jianwen Emperor in When he was the emperor of China , Chinese people just called him the "Emperor". After the Xinhai and Communist changes in government of China , people are less polite when they talk about the old emperors.

Hongxi emperor

They usually just call him by his everyday name Zhu Di like a common person. In English , it's more common to talk about him as the Yongle Emperor. Zhu Di was born on May 2 , , during the Yuan part of China 's history.