Prince of Gui ( zh, 桂王), was a first-rank princely peerage used during Ming dynasty, this peerage title was created by

Wanli Emperor The Wanli Emperor (; 4 September 1563 – 18 August 1620), personal name Zhu Yijun (), was the 14th Emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigned from 1572 to 1620. "Wanli", the era name of his reign, literally means "ten thousand calendars". He was the ...

. The first Prince of Gui was Zhu Changying, 7th son of Wanli Emperor. This peerage had 6 cadet commandery princely peerages, all of these second-rank peerages had not inherited. The last

Southern Ming The Southern Ming (), also known as the Later Ming (), officially the Great Ming (), was an imperial dynasty of China and a series of rump states of the Ming dynasty that came into existence following the Jiashen Incident of 1644. Shun forces ...

emperor,

Zhu Youlang The Yongli Emperor (; 1623–1662; reigned 18 November 1646 – 1 June 1662), personal name Zhu Youlang, was a royal member to the imperial family of Ming dynasty, and the fourth and last commonly recognised emperor of the Southern Ming, reigni ...

(Yongli Emperor) was a member of this peerage.

Generation name / poem

As members of this peerage were descentants of the

Yongle Emperor The Yongle Emperor (; pronounced ; 2 May 1360 – 12 August 1424), personal name Zhu Di (), was the third Emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1402 to 1424. Zhu Di was the fourth son of the Hongwu Emperor, the founder of the Ming dyn ...

, their generation poem was:- This peerage used the poem until Ci (慈) generation.

Members

*Zhu Changying (朱常瀛; 1597 -21 Dec 1645)(1st),

's 7th son. He granted the title of in 1601 from his father and took his fief in 1627. After

Zhang Xianzhong Zhang Xianzhong (张献忠 or Chang Hsien-chung; 18 September 1606 – 2 January 1647), nickname Huanghu (literally 'Yellow Tiger'), was a Chinese peasant leader who led a peasant revolt from Yan'an wei, Shaanxi (today Yulin, Shaanxi province) ...

attacked his princedom, he brought his surviving family escaped to

Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic ...

. He later died and buried at

Wuzhou Wuzhou (, postal: Wuchow; za, Ngouzcouh / Ŋouƨcouƅ), formerly Ngchow, is a prefecture-level city in the east of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. Geography and climate Wuzhou is located in eastern Guangxi border ...

. After his fourth son,

enthroned as

's emperor, he was posthumously honored as an emperor by his son under the temple name "Lizong" (禮宗) and posthumous name "Emperor Titian Changdao Zhuangyi Wenghong Xingwen Xuanwu Renzhi Chengxiao Duan" (體天昌道莊毅溫弘興文宣武仁智誠孝端皇帝). His original posthumous name was Prince Duan of Gui (桂端王) **Name unknown, Hereditary Prince , Zhu Changying's eldest son who died prematurely. **Name unknown, Zhu Changying's second son. He was designated as his father's heir after the death of his eldest brother.

posthumously honoured him the posthumous title "Prince Wen of Gui" (桂閔王) **Zhu You'ai (朱由𣜬; d.1646) (2nd), Zhu Changying's third son. He initially held the title Prince of Anren Comm. (安仁郡王). He inherited the princedom from 1645 to 1646. He died at

. His full posthumous name is Prince Gong of Gui (桂恭王) ***Name unknown (d.1662) (4th), he succeeded the princedom after

's enthronement. **

(3rd), Zhu Changying's fourth son. he initially held the title Prince of Yongming Comm. (永明郡王). He succeeded the princedom in 1646. After his enthronement, the princedom was inherited by Zhu You'ai's son. **Zhu Youzhan (朱由榐), Zhu Changying's fifth so. He held the title Prince of Yongxing Comm. (永兴郡王). He died in chaos. **Name unknown, Zhu Changying's sixth son, died in chaos. He was posthumously bestowed the title "Prince of Xintian Comm." (新田郡王) during

Longwu Emperor Zhu Yujian (; 1602 – 6 October 1646), nickname Changshou (長壽), originally the Prince of Tang, later reigned as the Longwu Emperor () of the Southern Ming from 18 August 1645, when he was enthroned in Fuzhou, to 6 October 1646, when he wa ...

's reign. **Name unknown, Zhu Changying's seventh son, died in chaos. He was posthumously bestowed the title "Prince of Jianghua Comm." (江华郡王) during

's reign. **Name unknown, Zhu Changying'# eighth son, died prematurely. He was posthumously bestowed the title "Prince of Jiashan Comm." (嘉善郡王) during

's reign. {{Tree list/end Ming dynasty princely peerages Imperial families of Ming dynasty