Overview
Zhu Youyuan was a prince of Xing and Posthumous Emperor.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|
| Posthumous name |
Xian |
獻 |
Xian |
| Temple name |
Ruizong |
睿宗 |
Ruizong |
Life and dates
Death
Attested activity
AD 1494 弘治七年
AD 1491 弘治四年
AD 1487 成化二十三年
AD 1519 正德十四年
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
Works and attributed material
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment loved poetry and books; shunned curios; kept no female musicians · Mode historian-judgment
References in the histories
No matching passages.
History of Ming, Chapter 115Volume 115 Biographies 3: Emperor Xingzong Xiaokang, Emperor Ruizong Xingxian · 22 passages
興宗孝康皇帝 孝康皇后 呂太后 睿宗獻皇帝 獻皇后
Emperor Xingzong Xiaokang, Empress Xiaokang, Empress Dowager Lü, Emperor Ruizong Xingxian, and Empress Xian.
睿宗興獻皇帝祐杬，憲宗第四子。
Zhu Youyuan, posthumously Emperor Ruizong Xingxian, was the fourth son of the Chenghua emperor.
成化二十三年封興王。
In Chenghua 23 he was enfeoffed Prince of Xing.
王嗜詩書，絕珍玩，不畜女樂，非公宴不設牲醴。
The prince loved poetry and books, shunned precious curios, kept no female musicians, and served meat and wine only at public banquets.
正德十四年薨，諡曰獻。
He died in Zhengde 14 and received the posthumous title Xian.
王薨二年而武宗崩，召王世子入嗣大統，是為世宗。
Two years after the prince's death the Wuzong emperor died; the prince's son was summoned to the throne as the Jiajing emperor.
禮臣毛澄等援漢定陶、宋濮王故事，考孝宗，改稱王為「皇叔父興獻大王」，王妃為「皇叔母」。
Ritualists led by Mao Cheng cited Han Dingtao and Song Prince Pu, made Xiaozong the sacrificial father, and styled the prince "Imperial Uncle Father, Great King of Xingxian" and his consort "Imperial Aunt Mother."
進士張璁上書請考興獻王，帝大悅。
Presented scholar Zhang Cong memorialized to worship Prince Xingxian; Jiajing was delighted.
太后命進王為興獻帝，妃為興獻後。
The empress dowager promoted the prince to Emperor Xingxian and his consort to Empress Xingxian.
乃輟稱「皇」，加稱本生父興獻帝，尊園曰陵，黃屋監衛如制，設祠署安陸，歲時享祀，用十二籩豆，樂用八佾。
The court dropped "Imperial," styled his biological father Emperor Xingxian, made the garden a mausoleum with imperial guard, set up a shrine at Anlu with seasonal rites, twelve offering trays, and eight rows of dancers.
三年加稱為本生皇考恭穆獻皇帝，興國太后為本生聖母章聖皇太后，建廟奉先殿西，曰觀德殿，祭如太廟。
In the third year he added "Biological Imperial Father, Respectful and Solemn Emperor Xingxian" and "Biological Holy Mother, Empress Dowager Zhangsheng," and built the Hall of Observing Virtue west of the Ancestral Hall with Grand Temple rites.
九月，詔稱孝宗皇伯考，稱獻皇帝曰皇考。
In the ninth month an edict called Xiaozong "Imperial Uncle-Grandfather" and the Xingxian emperor "Imperial Father."
百戶隨全、錄事錢子勳言獻皇帝宜遷葬天壽山。
Company commander Sui Quan and clerk Qian Zixun said the Xingxian emperor should be moved to Tianshou Mountain.
明年，修《獻皇帝實錄》，建世廟于太廟左。
The following year the court compiled the Veritable Records of the Xingxian emperor and built the World Temple east of the Grand Temple.
九月，加上尊諡知天守道洪德淵仁寬穆純聖恭儉敬文獻皇帝，廟號睿宗，祔太廟，位次武宗上。
In the ninth month he received the full posthumous title Knowing Heaven, Upholding the Way, Vast Virtue, Profound Benevolence, Broad Solemnity, Pure Holiness, Respectful Frugality, and Cultivated Culture Xian Emperor, temple name Ruizong, enshrined in the Grand Temple above Wuzong.
初，楊廷和等議封益王次子崇仁王厚炫為興王，奉獻帝祀。
Earlier Yang Tinghe had proposed making Prince Yi's second son, Chongren prince Hou Xuan, Prince of Xing to tend the Xian emperor's cult.
獻帝有長子厚熙，生五日而殤。
The Xian emperor's eldest son Houxi died five days after birth.
咸謂宜考孝宗，而稱興王為皇叔父，妃為皇叔母。
Officials agreed he should worship Xiaozong and call the Xing prince "Imperial Uncle Father" and his consort "Imperial Aunt Mother."
五年，獻帝世廟成，奉太后入謁。
In the fifth year, when the Xian emperor's World Temple was finished, she was led in to worship.
十七年十二月崩，諭禮、工二部將改葬獻皇帝于大峪山，以駙馬都尉京山侯崔元為奉迎行禮使，兵部尚書張瓚為禮儀護行使，指揮趙俊為吉凶儀仗官，翊國公郭勳知聖母山陵事。
In the twelfth month of the seventeenth year she died. Jiajing ordered the Ministries of Rites and Works to move the Xian emperor to Dayu Mountain, naming Cui Yuan, commandant and Jingshan marquis, welcoming envoy; Zhang Zan, minister of war, ritual escort; Zhao Jun, commander, regalia officer; and Guo Xun, defender of the state, to manage the dowager's tomb.
閏七月，合葬顯陵，主祔睿宗廟。
In the intercalary seventh month she was buried with him at Xianling and her spirit tablet joined the Ruizong temple.
贊曰：興宗、睿宗雖未嘗身為天子，而尊號徽稱典禮具備，其實有不容泯者。
The appraisal notes: Though Xingzong and Ruizong never reigned, their titles and rites were complete and cannot be erased from record.