Glossary of Proper Nouns
Chinese Personal Names
| Terms | Chinese | Korean | Explanation | Another Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhu Mengguan | 朱孟爟 |
주맹관 (주멍관) |
The ninth son of Prince Chu 楚王, a younger brother of Emperor Yongle 永樂. He was enfeoffed as Prince Yueyang 岳陽王 in 1404. | 맹관(孟爟) |
| Zhu Menglun | 朱孟爚 |
주맹약 (주멍룬) |
The sixth son of Prince Chu 楚王, a younger brother of Emperor Yongle 永樂. He was enfeoffed as Prince Tongshan 通山王 in 1404. | 맹약(孟爚) |
| Zhu Mengwei | 朱孟煒 |
주맹위 (주멍웨이) |
The fifth son of Prince Chu 楚王, a younger brother of Emperor Yongle 永樂. He was enfeoffed as Prince Chongyang 崇陽王 in 1404. | 맹위(孟煒) |
| Zhu Mengxian | 祝孟獻 |
축맹헌 (주멍셴) |
A Vice Minister of the Court of the Imperial Stud 太僕寺小卿 in the Ming period. He came to Korea as an envoy in 1401 to acquire horses. | 맹헌(孟獻), 축(祝), 축공(祝公), 축맹헌(祝孟獻), 축소경(祝少卿) |
| Zhu Mengzhao | 朱孟炤 |
주맹소 (주멍자오) |
The eighth son of Prince Chu 楚王, a younger brother of Emperor Yongle 永樂. He was enfeoffed as Prince Jingling 景陵王 in 1404. | 맹소(孟炤) |
| Zhu Mu | 朱穆 |
주목 (주무) |
[Secretary in attendance on the imperial counsellor 侍御史 during the reign of Emperor Huan of Han 漢桓帝. ] | |
| Zhu Neng | 朱能 |
주능 (주넝) |
(1370-1406). A native of Fengyang 鳳陽. He was intelligent and upright. He followed Emperor Yongle 永樂 duing the civil war and made a number of military contributions. In the early years of the Yongle period, he was entitled Duke of the State of Cheng 成國公. In 1406, he pacified Vietnam, but when he arrived at Longzhou, he suddenly died. He was posthumously entitled Prince Dongping 東平王. | 성국공(成國公) |
| Zhu Panshi | 朱盤烒 |
주반식 (주판스) |
(d. 1437). A grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元章. He was the heir of Zhu Quan 朱權, the 17th son of Zhu Yuanzhang. | 반식(盤烒) |
| Zhu Quanzhong | 朱全忠 |
주전충 (주췬안중) |
Zhu Quanzhong(朱全忠)(852-912) was the founding emperor of the Later Liang(後粱) during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period(五代十國時代). In the late Tang period, he originally served as general under the rebel Huang Chao(黃巢). Later, however, he surrendered to Tang. He was appointed military governor of Xuanwu(宣武節度使) and became a prominent warlord. In 907, he destroyed the Tang Dynasty and established the Later Liang. In 912, he was murdered by his son. | 주전충(朱全忠) |
| Zhu San | 朱三 |
주삼 (주싼) |
Also known as Prince Zhu San 朱三太子. His real name was Zhu Cihuan 朱慈煥, the fifth son of Emperor Chongzhen 崇禎, the last emperor of Ming. After Ming collapsed when he was at 11, he hid his identity and lived as a commoner. According to Draft History of Qing 清史稿, he was captured in Shandong 山東 in 1708. At that time, he was already 75 years old. The Emperor Kangxi 康熙 executed him and all of his sons and grandsons. | 주삼(朱三) |