Accession at Fengtian Hall
The Ming History records that Shizong assumed the imperial throne at Fengtian Hall.
What this does and does not establish
明史/卷17, Wikisource revision 2594632. The surrounding account rejects the proposed crown-prince accession procedure and records accession that same day; the quotation selects only the completed accession.
- Read through an AI working translation.
- Region
- East Asia
- Theme
- Politics and institutions
- Kind of record
- Placed in a year. A source places this in one year. It is listed under that year; no day precision is invented.
How it is dated
- Date reference
- 正德十六年四月癸卯
- How we use it
- Year-level placement is limited to the dated source entry.
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Dating notes from the research record
Read ming017.wikitext, heading line 12 and full line 16. calendar_headers supplied both bounding headers: sinica-1520-12-31.html identifies Julian 1520-12-31 as 正德十五年十一月二十二日; sinica-1521-12-31.html identifies Julian 1521-12-31 as 正德十六年十二月三日. Their full tables were also read. Fourth-month 癸卯 is therefore wholly within Julian AD 1521; no leap-month designation occurs in the event. Original quotation begins at line 16, character 603.
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Sources and quoted text
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Source 1 · Supports the statement
Ming shi (History of Ming), basic annals
Zhang Tingyu et al., Qing court historians
Quoted text (Classical Chinese)
出御奉天殿，即皇帝位。AI working translation into English; not official or authoritative
He came out to preside at Fengtian Hall and assumed the imperial throne.
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Exact source version
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Source checked 2026-11-07. An independent AI evidence review supports this bounded, attributed wording. That review does not guarantee historical truth. How records are checked
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