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Xu Da (1332–1385), courtesy name Tiande, was a Chinese military general and official who lived in the late Yuan dynasty and early Ming dynasty. He was a friend of the Hongwu Emperor , the founder and first ruler of the Ming dynasty, and assisted him in overthrowing the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty and establishing the Ming dynasty.
Xu Da (born 1332, Fengyang, Anhui province, China—died February 1385, Nanjing) was a general who helped the founder and first emperor of the Ming dynasty, Hongwu (reigned 1368–98), to overthrow the Yuan (or Mongol) dynasty (1206–1368). Xu joined the future emperor’s rebel band in 1353 and became the leading general, engineering the ...
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The tomb of Xu Da. Zhu Yuanzhang, who would later become the Hongwu Emperor, was born on 21 October 1328 at Zhongli village in Haozhou (modern Fengyang County, Anhui). He was the youngest surviving child among four sons and two daughters. His parents were tax defaulters who fled from place to place working as tenant farmers.
- 1351-1368
- Yangtze River valley, Yuan dynasty
Hongxi Emperor. The Hongxi Emperor (16 August 1378 – 29 May 1425), personal name Zhu Gaochi (朱高熾), was the fourth emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigned from 1424 to 1425. He was the eldest son of the Yongle Emperor and Empress Renxiaowen and the maternal grandson of Xu Da, Prince of Zhongshan. His era name "Hongxi" means "vastly bright".
Xu Da (1332–1385), courtesy name Tiande, was a Chinese military general and official who lived in the late Yuan dynasty and early Ming dynasty. He was a friend of the Hongwu Emperor, the founder and first ruler of the Ming dynasty, and assisted him in overthrowing the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty and establishing the Ming dynasty.
Village Friends. Xu Da was born 1332 in Zhongli village of Haozhou city in Fengyang county of Anhui Province, the same village as the famous Zhu Yuanzhang, the first Ming emperor. Xu Da was to live in "interesting" times. China was ravaged by occupation, draught, famine and rebellion. Warlords around the Yangtze River were battling for local ...
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Xu joined the Red Turban rebels in 1353 to overthrow the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty in China. He served as a general under Zhu Yuanzhang, a prominent rebel leader, and assisted him in defeating other rival warlords and opposing forces. In 1369, two years after the Ming dynasty was founded, Xu Da and other Ming generals led an attack on Khanbaliq ...
