Zhu Yuanzhang (1328101October 2 1? 1June 24, 398) was born in a poor peasant family in Zhongli, Haozhou (now Fengyang, Anhui) in the Yuan Dynasty. The Yuan Dynasty ruled cruelly, dividing the people into four classes, stipulating that ordinary people could not take official names, but could only be called by date of birth, family (family) ranking or parents' age. Zhu Yuanzhang's grandfather Zhu Chuyi, father Zhu, eldest brother Zhu Chongwu, second brother Zhu and third brother Zhu Chongqi, Zhu Yuanzhang ranked fourth and eighth in the family, so they were called Zhu Chongba. This is all called at that time? Cheap name? .
1343, there was a severe drought in Haozhou, and a serious locust plague and plague occurred the following spring. In less than half a month, my father, eldest brother and mother passed away. Only Zhu Yuanzhang and his second brother are left, and there is no money to buy a coffin at home. There is not even a piece of land to bury their relatives. Neighbor Liu Jizu gave them a cemetery for the two brothers to bury their parents. In order to survive, Zhu Yuanzhang and his second brother, sister-in-law and nephew were forced to split up and flee.
In desperation, Zhu Yuanzhang went to Huang Jue Temple to become a monk. Soon, there was a famine in the local area, and the temple could not get charity, so the abbot had to send monks around to beg alms. /kloc-at the age of 0/7, Zhu Yuanzhang had to leave the temple to wander.
In the 11th year of Zheng Zhi (135 1), in May, Hanhe rebelled against the Yuan Dynasty in Yingzhou. Soldiers wear red scarves and call themselves? Red scarf army? . So Zhu Yuanzhang went to the Red Scarf Army in Guo Zixing. After Zhu Yuanzhang joined the army, he was brave, quick-thinking, and splashed ink in his writing, which quickly gained the appreciation of Guo Zixing. Guo Zixing saw that Zhu Yuanzhang was a talented person, so he married his adopted daughter Ma Shi, later Ma Huanghou. Since then, the army changed his name to Zhu Gongzi, and Zhu Yuanzhang took another official name, Bird, with the word Guo Rui.
Zhang? This is a sharp jade. Mao hated the cruelty of the Yuan Dynasty, so he took it. Zhu Yuanzhang? Homophonic? , renamed Zhu Yuanzhang, which means that he is a sharp weapon to destroy the yuan. Sure enough, Mao finally overthrew Bao Yuanjia.
1368, Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor in Yingtianfu, with the title Daming Hongwu. After Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor, he renamed his father, eldest brother Zhu Xinglong, second brother Zhu and third brother Zhu. At the same time, a set of rules for naming future generations was formulated to show the weather of Daming and the glory of the royal family.