{"slug": "zhu-yuanzhang", "label": "Zhu Yuanzhang", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu_Yuanzhang", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [1352, 1367], "span_label": ["1352 CE", "1367 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}], "related": [{"slug": "red-turban-rebellions", "label": "Red Turban Rebellions", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "nanjing", "label": "Nanjing", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "yuan-dynasty", "label": "Yuan dynasty", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ming-dynasty", "label": "Ming dynasty", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "chinese-buddhism", "label": "Chinese Buddhism", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "may", "label": "May", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mongol", "label": "Mongol", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "suzhou-jiangsu", "label": "Suzhou, Jiangsu", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hangzhou", "label": "Hangzhou", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1352, "year_label": "1352 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "After years of begging and being a Buddhist monk, the penniless Chinese peasant Zhu Yuanzhang joins the Red Turban Rebellions against the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty of China; he will later become the first emperor of the Ming dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1294629592#Date_unknown", "title": "1352", "revid": 1294629592, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1355, "year_label": "1355 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May", "text": "May – Red Turban Rebellions: Guo Zixing dies, leaving his forces to the command of his son-in-law, Zhu Yuanzhang. Guo's successors are later killed in battle while trying to capture Nanjing.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357199170#Events", "title": "1355", "revid": 1357199170, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1356, "year_label": "1356 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Zhu Yuanzhang, one of the leaders in the Red Turban Rebellion, captures the city of Nanjing from the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty in China; from then on it becomes his base of power, and the capital of a new dynasty he would establish in 1368, the Ming dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350441440#Date_unknown", "title": "1356", "revid": 1350441440, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1360, "year_label": "1360 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Red Turban Rebellions: Chen Youliang murders Xu Shouhui and proclaims himself the emperor of Han in Wuchang before unsuccessfully attempting to capture Nanjing from Zhu Yuanzhang.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1292555105#Date_unknown", "title": "1360", "revid": 1292555105, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1362, "year_label": "1362 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Red Turban Rebellions: Hu Dahai, aide to Zhu Yuanzhang, is killed by Miao chieftains in Yanzhou (part of modern-day Jinhua and Hangzhou). Chaghan Temur is killed and succeeded by his nephew Köke Temür.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360556919#Date_unknown", "title": "1362", "revid": 1360556919, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1363, "year_label": "1363 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 30", "text": "August 30–October 4 – Battle of Lake Poyang: The Dahan rebel forces of Chen Youliang are defeated by the Red Turban Rebel forces of Zhu Yuanzhang, during the final decade of Yuan dynasty control over China. Zhu's naval forces of 200,000 are pitted against Chen's naval forces of 650,000 troops, in what is not only the largest naval battle of the medieval age, but also one of the largest naval battles in history.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1292555096#January–December", "title": "1363", "revid": 1292555096, "section": "Events › January–December"}}, {"year": 1367, "year_label": "1367 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 1", "text": "October 1 – Red Turban Rebellions: Zhu Yuanzhang takes Suzhou from Zhang Shicheng, who unsuccessfully attempts suicide before being captured and taken to Nanjing, where he dies.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373413377#October–December", "title": "1367", "revid": 1373413377, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1367, "year_label": "1367 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 28", "text": "December 28 – During the Red Turban Rebellions, Hu Mei captures Shaowu, while Xu Da and Chang Yuchun capture Jinan, bringing both under the Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang's control.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373413377#October–December", "title": "1367", "revid": 1373413377, "section": "Events › October–December"}}]}