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common erroneous form of 朱鎔基|朱镕基, Zhu Rongji (1928-), PRC politician, premier 1998-2003
Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武
Zhengtong Emperor, reign name of sixth Ming Emperor Zhu Qizhen 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇 (1427-1464), reigned 1435-1449, temple name Yingzong 英宗
Three Hundred Tang Poems, an anthology collected around 1763 by Sun Zhu 孫誅|孙诛
(idiom) Zhu Yun breaks the railing (Zhu Yun was a Han Dynasty official who accused the emperor's tutor of corruption, and when sentenced to death, clung to the palace hall railing so fiercely while demanding justice that he broke it); (fig.) to speak the truth with unwavering courage; to admonish fearlessly / also pr. [zhu1yun2-she2jian4]
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  *诸* | 诸* | *诸
surname Zhu
to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹) / to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game; to give sb a taste of his own medicine
Zhu Rongji (1928-), PRC politician, premier 1998-2003
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surname Zhu
Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (1130-1200), also known as Master Zhu 朱子, Song dynasty Confucian writer and propagandist, founder of neo-Confucianism
Liu Bowen (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, with a reputation as a military genius, also called Liu Ji 劉基|刘基
Zhu Gaochi, personal name of fourth Ming emperor Hongxi 洪熙
Liu Ji or Liu Bowen 劉伯溫|刘伯温 (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, with a reputation as a military genius
Sun Zhu (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three Hundred Tang Poems 唐詩三百首|唐诗三百首 / also known by assumed name 蘅塘退士
Zhu Bajie, character in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记, with pig-like characteristics and armed with a muckrake / Pigsy in Arthur Waley's translation
School of Principle / Neo-Confucian Rationalistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Cheng Hao 程顥|程颢, Cheng Yi 程頤|程颐 and Zhu Xi 朱熹)
Zhu Yuanwen, personal name of second Ming Emperor Jianwen 建文
Zhu Guanghu (1949-), PRC soccer coach
common erroneous form of 朱鎔基|朱镕基, Zhu Rongji (1928-), PRC politician, premier 1998-2003
Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao 朱厚照 (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, temple name 明武宗
Zhu Di, personal name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永樂|永乐
Zhu Zhanji, personal name of fifth Ming emperor Xuande 宣德
Ming Renzong, temple name of fourth Ming emperor Zhu Gaochi 朱高熾|朱高炽
Master Zhu, another name for Zhu Xi 朱熹
Zhu De (1886-1976), communist leader and founder of the People's Liberation Army
The Butterfly Lovers, Chinese folktale of the tragic love between Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai
Yang Zhu (c. 440-360 BC), Chinese philosopher advocating ethical egoism
Zhu Ziqing (1898-1948), poet and essayist
Yongle Emperor, reign name of third Ming emperor Zhu Di 朱棣 (1360-1424), reigned 1403-1424, temple name 明成祖
Zhu Zhishan (1460-1526), Ming calligrapher and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
Zhu Qizhen, personal name of sixth and eighth Ming emperor Zhengtong 正統|正统, afterwards Tianshun Emperor 天順|天顺 (1427-1464), reigned 1435-1449 and 1457-1464
The Nine-Toothed Rake (weapon of Zhu Bajie 豬八戒|猪八戒)
Zhu Jun (-195), politician and general at the end of later Han
Tianqi Emperor, reign name of fifteenth Ming emperor Zhu Youxiao 朱由校 (1605-1627), reigned 1620-1627, temple name 明熹宗
Ken Zhu (1979-), Taiwanese singer and actor
Jianwen Emperor, reign name of second Ming Emperor Zhu Yunwen 朱允炆 (1377-1402), reigned 1398-1402
see 景泰縣|景泰县 / Jingtai Emperor, reign name of seventh Ming Emperor Zhu Qiyu 朱祁鈺|朱祁钰 (1428–1457), reigned 1449–1457, temple name 代宗
Emperor Aidi of Tang, reign name of twenty-first and last Tang emperor Li Zhu 李祝 (892-908), reigned 904-907
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surname Zhu
Xuande Emperor, reign name of fifth Ming emperor Zhu Zhanji 朱瞻基 (1398-1435), reigned 1426-1436, temple name 明宣宗
Zhu Houzhao, personal name of tenth Ming emperor 正德 (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521
Hongwu Emperor, also written Hung-wu Ti, reign name of first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋 (1328-1398), reigned 1386-1398, temple name 明太祖
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surname Zhu
Ming tombs in Nanjing, tomb of founding Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, a World Heritage site
Wu Han (1909-1969), historian, author of biography of Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, hounded to his death together with several members of his family during the cultural revolution
Zhu Hongdeng, one of the leaders of the Boxer Rebellion
Zhu Yunming (1460-1526), Ming dynasty calligrapher
Zhu Bajie 豬八戒|猪八戒 or Zhu Wuneng, Pigsy or Pig (in Journey to the West)
Four great southern talents of the Ming, namely: Tang Bohu 唐伯虎, Zhu Zhishan 祝枝山, Wen Zhengming 文徵明|文征明 and Xu Zhenqing 徐禎卿|徐祯卿
Hongxi Emperor, reign name of fourth Ming emperor Zhu Gaochi 朱高熾|朱高炽 (1378-1425), reigned (1424-1425), temple name 明仁宗
assumed name of Sun Zhu 孫誅|孙诛 (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three Hundred Tang Poems 唐詩三百首|唐诗三百首
Zhu Bajie 豬八戒|猪八戒 or Zhu Wuneng, Pigsy or Pig (in Journey to the West)
Zhu Qiyu, personal name of seventh Ming emperor Jingtai 景泰 (1428-1457), reigned 1449-1457
Zhu Wen (852-912), military governor 節度使|节度使 at the end of Tang, founder of Later Liang of the Five Dynasties (907-923), also known as Emperor Taizu of Later Liang 後梁太祖|后梁太祖
Zhu Kezhen (1890-1974), Chinese metereologist and geologist
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  *洙* | 洙* | *洙
surname Zhu
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surname Zhu
Wang Zhu (-c. 990), Song calligrapher and writer
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surname Zhu / abbr. for 天竺, India (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context) / (archaic) Buddhism


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