Ming · Ming Emperor

Jingtai Emperor 景帝

Jingdi

Attested AD 1450 - AD 1450

Passages: 4
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Jingtai Emperor was a Ming Emperor.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1450 景帝
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 28
AD 1450 景帝即位
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 169, passage 77

Key source chapters

History of Ming, Chapter 169 Volume 169 Biographies 57: Gao Gu, Hu Ying, Wang Zhi 3 passages
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 445 Volume 445 Biographies 232: Wu Kedu, Zhu Yixin, Tu Keshou, An Weijun, Wen Ti, Jiang Chunlin 1 passage

Career and standing

Ascended
AD 1450 景帝即位
Directly stated · History of Ming 169, passages 77, 153

Places and affiliations

Ming 明
Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Ming 169, passage 77

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 169Volume 169 Biographies 57: Gao Gu, Hu Ying, Wang Zhi · 3 passages

景帝即位，進太子太傅。 When the Jingtai emperor succeeded, Hu Ying was made grand tutor to the heir apparent.

大臣群請太后立皇子為皇太子，命郕王攝政。 The great ministers asked the empress dowager to install the prince as heir apparent and have the Prince of Cheng act as regent.

景帝疾亟，直、濙等會諸大臣臺諫，請復立沂王為皇太子，推大學士商輅草疏。 When the Jingtai emperor was critically ill, Wang Zhi and Hu Ying met ministers and censors to ask that the Prince of Yi be made heir again, asking Grand Secretary Shang Lu to draft the memorial.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 445Volume 445 Biographies 232: Wu Kedu, Zhu Yixin, Tu Keshou, An Weijun, Wen Ti, Jiang Chunlin · 1 passage

以明大學士王直之為舊臣，而猶以黃𤥠請立景帝太子一疏不出我輩為愧。 For all that Wang Zhi of the Ming was a grand secretary and a veteran minister, he still felt ashamed that Huang Hong's memorial to establish the Jing Emperor's crown prince had not come from men like us.