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]
Míng shǐ
History of the Ming Dynasty, twenty fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Zhang Tingyu 張廷玉|张廷玉[Zhang1 Ting2 yu4] in 1739 during the Qing Dynasty, 332 scrolls
Zhāng Jū zhèng
Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee
Zhāng Dài
Zhang Dai (1597-c. 1684), late Ming scholar
Zhāng yí
Zhang Yi (1608-1695), prolific author and poet spanning interregnum between Ming and Qing
Zhāng Xiàn zhōng
Zhang Xianzhong (1606-1647), leader of a late-Ming peasant revolt
zhāng míng
to show clearly
to make public
obvious
Zhāng Tíng yù
Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of History of the Ming Dynasty 明史[Ming2 shi3] and the Kangxi Dictionary 康熙字典[Kang1 xi1 Zi4 dian3]
Zhāng Pǔ
Zhang Pu (1602-1641), Ming dynasty scholar and prolific writer, proponent of 複社|复社[fu4 she4] cultural renewal movement, author of Five tombstone inscriptions 五人墓碑記|五人墓碑记[wu3 ren2 mu4 bei1 ji4]
fù shè
late Ming cultural renewal movement, led by Zhang Pu 張溥|张溥[Zhāng Pǔ] and others
Zhèng zì tōng
Zhengzitong, Chinese character dictionary with 33,549 entries, edited by Ming scholar Zhang Zilie 張自烈|张自烈[Zhang1 Zi4 lie4] in 17th century
Fù shè
late Ming cultural renewal movement, led by Zhang Pu 張溥|张溥[Zhang1 Pu3] and others
Zhāng Zì liè
Zhang Zilie (1597-1673), Ming dynasty scholar, author of Zhengzitong 正字通[Zheng4 zi4 tong1]