Hóng Wǔ
Hongwu Emperor, also written Hung-wu Ti , reign name of first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 硃元璋|朱元璋[Zhū Yuán zhāng] (1328-1398), reigned 1386-1398, Temple name明太祖[Míng Tài zǔ]
tǔ sī
sliced bread (loanword from "toast")
government-appointed hereditary tribal headman in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties
Yuán shǐ
History of the Yuan Dynasty, twenty third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Song Lian 宋濂[Song4 Lian2] in 1370 during the Ming Dynasty, 210 scrolls
sǎn qǔ
verse or song form from Yuan, Ming and Qing
Yuán mò Míng chū
late Yuan and early Ming
mid 14th century
jìn gǔ
near ancient history (often taken to mean Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing times)
Yuán Hóng dào
Yuan Hongdao (1568-1610), Ming dynasty poet and travel writer
Huàn shā jì
Huansahji or Washing the Silken Gauze, Yuan and Ming saga reworked by 梁辰魚|梁辰鱼 from History of the Southern States Wu and Yue, 吳越春秋|吴越春秋, a popular opera subject
yuàn mìng
to complain about one's fate
to bemoan one's lot
Nán yuàn
Nanyuan or "Southern Park", an imperial hunting domain during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, now the site of Nanhaizi Park in the south of Beijing