Battle of Lake PoyangThe Battle of Lake Poyang (Chinese: 鄱陽湖之戰; pinyin: Póyáng Hú Zhīzhàn) was a naval battle which took place (30 August – 4 October 1363) between the rebel forces of Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang during the Red Turban Rebellion which led to the fall of the Yuan dynasty. Chen Youliang besieged Nanchang with a large fleet on Lake Poyang, one of China's largest freshwater lakes, and Zhu Yuanzhang met his force with a smaller fleet.
Hongwu EmperorThe Hongwu Emperor (21 October 1328 – 24 June 1398), personal name Zhu Yuanzhang, was the founding emperor of the Ming dynasty of China, reigning from 1368 to 1398. Born in 1328 into a peasant family in Anhui, Zhu Yuanzhang grew up during a period of epidemics, famines, and widespread uprisings in China under the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. When he was 16, his parents and brother died in an epidemic.
Chen HanToday part ofChinaChinese nameTraditional Chinese陳漢Simplified Chinese陈汉Dynastic nameTraditional Chinese大漢Simplified Chinese大汉Chen Han, officially the Great Han, was a short-lived rebel state that existed in China during the Red Turban Rebellion, in the final phase of the Yuan dynasty. It was founded in Jiangxi in 1360 by Chen Youliang, who had been ruling there since 1357 on behalf of the rebel state of Tianwan, which he overthrew in the same year.Chen Li (emperor)Chen Li (simplified Chinese: 陈理; traditional Chinese: 陳理; 1351–1408) was the second and the last emperor of the Chinese Chen Han dynasty. He reigned from 1363 to 1364.Yangsan Jin clanYangsan Jin clan (Korean: 양산 진씨; Hanja: 梁山 陳氏) is one of the Korean clans, founded around the Yuan dynasty. Their founder was Chen Pucai (陳普才) who was originally from Huangpengshan (黄蓬山), Yusha County, Mianyang Prefecture, present-day Honghu, Hubei.
HonghuHonghu (Chinese: ; pinyin: Hónghú Shì) is a county-level city in the municipal region of Jingzhou, in the central south of Hubei province. The city lies on the northwest (left) bank of the Yangtze River, across from Hunan Province and Xianning, Hubei. It is named after the adjacent Hong Lake. As of 2000, Honghu City had a population of 335,618 or more people.
Xie (surname)Xie (; simplified Chinese: 谢; traditional Chinese: 謝; pinyin: Xiè; Wade–Giles: Hsieh) is a Chinese surname. It is usually romanized as Hsieh in Taiwan. It is estimated that there are more than ten million people around the world, mostly of Chinese descent, with this surname, most of whom live in Taiwan, Southern China, South East Asia, and North America. It is particularly common in Taiwan where it is the 13th most common surname in 2016.
Ming dynastyThe Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming was the last imperial dynasty of China ruled by the Han people, the majority ethnic group in China.
Killed in actionKilled in action (KIA) is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their personnel at the hands of enemy or hostile forces at the moment of action. The United States Department of Defense, for example, says that those declared KIA did not need to have fired their weapons, but only to have been killed due to a hostile attack.
Emperor of ChinaThroughout Chinese history, "Emperor" (Chinese: 皇帝; pinyin: Huángdì) was the superlative title held by the monarchs of imperial China's various dynasties. In traditional Chinese political theory, the emperor was the "Son of Heaven", an autocrat with the divine mandate to rule all under Heaven. Emperors were often worshipped posthumously under a secular imperial cult.Yusha CountyYusha County is a former county in imperial China, which was located in present-day Hubei, and included the present-day areas of Honghu and Xiantao. Its county seat during the Song Dynasty was Xindi Town, today the county seat of Honghu. In this era the county was visited and described by several notable Song poets, such as Su Shi, Lu You and Fan Chengda.Mianyang PrefectureMianyiang Prefecture (沔阳府) was a prefecture of imperial China. It was previously known as Fuzhou Route (復州路), itself the successor of the former Fu Prefecture. During the Yuan Dynasty it consisted of two counties: Yusha and Jingling. Its territory included the present-day jurisdictions of Honghu, Tianmen and Xiantao.
History of ChinaPart of a series on theHistory of China Timeline Dynasties Historiography Prehistoric Paleolithic (c. 2.43 Ma – c. 12 ka) Mesolithic (c. 10 – c. 7 ka) Neolithic (c. 8500 – c. 2000 BC) Yellow, Yangtze, and Liao civilization Ancient Xia (c. 2070 – c. 1600 BC) Shang (c. 1600 – c. 1046 BC) Late Shang (c. 1250 – c. 1046 BC) Zhou (c. 1046 – c. 256 BC) Western Zhou (c. 1046 – c. 771 BC) Eastern Zhou (c. 771 – c. 256 BC) Spring and Autumn (c. 770 – c. 476 BC) Warring States (c. 475 – c. 221 BC) Imperial Qin (221–207 BC) Han (202 BC – 220 AD) Chu–Han Contention (206–202 BC) Western Han (202 BC – 9/25 AD) Xin (9–23 AD) Eastern Han (25–220 AD) Three Kingdoms (220–280 AD) Wei, Shu Han, and Wu Jin (266–420) Western Jin (266–316) Eastern Jin (317–420) Sixteen Kingdoms (304–439) Northern andSouthern dynasties (420–589) Sui (581–618) Tang (618–907) Wu Zhou (690–705) Five Dynasties andTen Kingdoms (907–979) Song (960–1279) Northern Song (960–1127) Southern Song (1127–1279) Liao (916–1125) Western Xia (1038–1227) Jin (1115–1234) Yuan (1271–1368) Ming (1368–1644) Qing (1644–1912) Modern Republic of China (mainland, 1912–1949) People's Republicof China (1949–present) Republic of China (Taiwan,1949–present) Related articles Art history Cuisine history Economic history Education history Environmental history Jewish history Legal history LGBTQ history Media history Music history Timeline Military history before 1912 Naval history Religion in China Buddhism Christianity Daoism Islam Science and technology history Archaeology Cartography Discoveries Inventions Space Sports history Transport history Women's history vte The history of China spans several millennia across a wide geographical area.
Hongwu EmperorThe Hongwu Emperor (21 October 1328 – 24 June 1398), personal name Zhu Yuanzhang, was the founding emperor of the Ming dynasty of China, reigning from 1368 to 1398. Born in 1328 into a peasant family in Anhui, Zhu Yuanzhang grew up during a period of epidemics, famines, and widespread uprisings in China under the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. When he was 16, his parents and brother died in an epidemic.Chen HanToday part ofChinaChinese nameTraditional Chinese陳漢Simplified Chinese陈汉Dynastic nameTraditional Chinese大漢Simplified Chinese大汉Chen Han, officially the Great Han, was a short-lived rebel state that existed in China during the Red Turban Rebellion, in the final phase of the Yuan dynasty. It was founded in Jiangxi in 1360 by Chen Youliang, who had been ruling there since 1357 on behalf of the rebel state of Tianwan, which he overthrew in the same year.Chen Li (emperor)Chen Li (simplified Chinese: 陈理; traditional Chinese: 陳理; 1351–1408) was the second and the last emperor of the Chinese Chen Han dynasty. He reigned from 1363 to 1364.Yangsan Jin clanYangsan Jin clan (Korean: 양산 진씨; Hanja: 梁山 陳氏) is one of the Korean clans, founded around the Yuan dynasty. Their founder was Chen Pucai (陳普才) who was originally from Huangpengshan (黄蓬山), Yusha County, Mianyang Prefecture, present-day Honghu, Hubei.HonghuHonghu (Chinese: ; pinyin: Hónghú Shì) is a county-level city in the municipal region of Jingzhou, in the central south of Hubei province. The city lies on the northwest (left) bank of the Yangtze River, across from Hunan Province and Xianning, Hubei. It is named after the adjacent Hong Lake. As of 2000, Honghu City had a population of 335,618 or more people.Xie (surname)Xie (; simplified Chinese: 谢; traditional Chinese: 謝; pinyin: Xiè; Wade–Giles: Hsieh) is a Chinese surname. It is usually romanized as Hsieh in Taiwan. It is estimated that there are more than ten million people around the world, mostly of Chinese descent, with this surname, most of whom live in Taiwan, Southern China, South East Asia, and North America. It is particularly common in Taiwan where it is the 13th most common surname in 2016.Ming dynastyThe Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming was the last imperial dynasty of China ruled by the Han people, the majority ethnic group in China.Killed in actionKilled in action (KIA) is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their personnel at the hands of enemy or hostile forces at the moment of action. The United States Department of Defense, for example, says that those declared KIA did not need to have fired their weapons, but only to have been killed due to a hostile attack.Emperor of ChinaThroughout Chinese history, "Emperor" (Chinese: 皇帝; pinyin: Huángdì) was the superlative title held by the monarchs of imperial China's various dynasties. In traditional Chinese political theory, the emperor was the "Son of Heaven", an autocrat with the divine mandate to rule all under Heaven. Emperors were often worshipped posthumously under a secular imperial cult.Yusha CountyYusha County is a former county in imperial China, which was located in present-day Hubei, and included the present-day areas of Honghu and Xiantao. Its county seat during the Song Dynasty was Xindi Town, today the county seat of Honghu. In this era the county was visited and described by several notable Song poets, such as Su Shi, Lu You and Fan Chengda.Mianyang PrefectureMianyiang Prefecture (沔阳府) was a prefecture of imperial China. It was previously known as Fuzhou Route (復州路), itself the successor of the former Fu Prefecture. During the Yuan Dynasty it consisted of two counties: Yusha and Jingling. Its territory included the present-day jurisdictions of Honghu, Tianmen and Xiantao.History of ChinaPart of a series on theHistory of China Timeline Dynasties Historiography Prehistoric Paleolithic (c. 2.43 Ma – c. 12 ka) Mesolithic (c. 10 – c. 7 ka) Neolithic (c. 8500 – c. 2000 BC) Yellow, Yangtze, and Liao civilization Ancient Xia (c. 2070 – c. 1600 BC) Shang (c. 1600 – c. 1046 BC) Late Shang (c. 1250 – c. 1046 BC) Zhou (c. 1046 – c. 256 BC) Western Zhou (c. 1046 – c. 771 BC) Eastern Zhou (c. 771 – c. 256 BC) Spring and Autumn (c. 770 – c. 476 BC) Warring States (c. 475 – c. 221 BC) Imperial Qin (221–207 BC) Han (202 BC – 220 AD) Chu–Han Contention (206–202 BC) Western Han (202 BC – 9/25 AD) Xin (9–23 AD) Eastern Han (25–220 AD) Three Kingdoms (220–280 AD) Wei, Shu Han, and Wu Jin (266–420) Western Jin (266–316) Eastern Jin (317–420) Sixteen Kingdoms (304–439) Northern andSouthern dynasties (420–589) Sui (581–618) Tang (618–907) Wu Zhou (690–705) Five Dynasties andTen Kingdoms (907–979) Song (960–1279) Northern Song (960–1127) Southern Song (1127–1279) Liao (916–1125) Western Xia (1038–1227) Jin (1115–1234) Yuan (1271–1368) Ming (1368–1644) Qing (1644–1912) Modern Republic of China (mainland, 1912–1949) People's Republicof China (1949–present) Republic of China (Taiwan,1949–present) Related articles Art history Cuisine history Economic history Education history Environmental history Jewish history Legal history LGBTQ history Media history Music history Timeline Military history before 1912 Naval history Religion in China Buddhism Christianity Daoism Islam Science and technology history Archaeology Cartography Discoveries Inventions Space Sports history Transport history Women's history vte The history of China spans several millennia across a wide geographical area.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.