Zhu Yuanzhang (October 21, 1328 - June 24, 1398), formerly known as Zhu Chongba, also named Guorui, was born in Zhongli, Haozhou (now Fengyang, Anhui), and was the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The temple name is Taizu, and the posthumous title is "The Emperor who opened the sky and established the law and established the great sage, benevolence, righteousness, martial arts, virtue, success and high emperor". Buried in Xiaoling Mausoleum of Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yuanzhang was born into a poor peasant family. He later entered Huangjue Temple as a monk due to the disaster. When he was 25 years old (1352), he joined the Red Scarf Army to resist the Mongolian Yuan regime. He defeated many princes and warlords, unified the south, and then defeated the Yuan Dynasty in the northern expedition and established the Ming Dynasty, with the reign name Hongwu. During the reign of Zhu Yuanzhang, social production gradually recovered and developed, which is known as the "Hongwu Rule" in history. In 1398 (the thirty-first year of Hongwu), Zhu Yuanzhang died of illness at the age of 71.
