Ming · Ruler

Shenzong 神宗

Shénzōng

Attested AD 1573 - AD 1620

Passages: 4
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Shenzong was a ruler.

Life and dates

Death

Directly stated · History of Ming 58, passage 219

Attested activity

AD 1573 to AD 1620 明神宗朝
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 286, passage 30
AD 1620 神宗葬定陵
Directly stated · History of Ming 58, passage 219

Key source chapters

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 286 Volume 286 Biographies 73: Wang Shan, Lao Zhibian, Zhu Tianbao, Tao Yi 3 passages
History of Ming, Chapter 58 Volume 58 Treatises 34: Rites 12 1 passage

Places and affiliations

Polity Ming 明 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Ming 58, passage 219

Events and relationships

Buried at Dingling
Burial · Subject
Directly stated · History of Ming 58, passage 219

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 58Volume 58 Treatises 34: Rites 12 · 1 passage

及神宗葬定陵，給事中惠世揚、御史薛貞巡視陵工，費至八百餘萬云。 When Shenzong was buried at Dingling, Supervising Secretary Hui Shiyang and Censor Xue Zhen inspected the tomb construction; the cost is said to have exceeded eight million taels.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 286Volume 286 Biographies 73: Wang Shan, Lao Zhibian, Zhu Tianbao, Tao Yi · 3 passages

掞年七十馀，自念受恩深，又以其祖錫爵在明神宗朝，以建儲事受惡名，欲幹其蠱。 Shan was over seventy. Mindful of the deep favor he had received, and that his grandfather Xijue had been vilified under the Ming Shenzong for pressing the heir question, he hoped to lift that family shadow.

既而御史陶彝等十二人連名入奏，上疑出掞意，大怒，召諸王大臣，降旨責掞植黨希榮，且謂：「錫爵在明神宗時，力奏建儲，泰昌在位，未及數月，天啟庸懦，天下大亂，至愍帝而不能守。 Then Censors Tao Yi and eleven others submitted a joint memorial. Suspecting Shan had orchestrated it, the emperor flew into a rage, summoned the princes and senior ministers, and rebuked Shan for faction-building and ambition. He said: "Under the Ming Shenzong, Xijue pressed hard for an heir. Taichang reigned only months. Tianqi was weak, the realm collapsed, and even Chongzhen could not hold the state.

掞以朕為神宗乎？ Does Shan take me for Shenzong?