Shenzong ascends the throne
The Ming History records Shenzong's accession on jiazi in the sixth month.
What this does and does not establish
明史/卷20, Wikisource revision 2594636, Shenzong annals. The clause supplies no location. The following proclamation designates the next year as Wanli 1; accession itself remains in Longqing 6. No variant or editorial note accompanies this clause.
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- Politics and institutions
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How it is dated
- Date reference
- 隆慶六年六月甲子
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Dating notes from the research record
Read ming020.wikitext lines 5–21, including the sixth-month context. calendar_headers supplied both bounds: sinica-1571-12-31.html identifies Julian 1571-12-31 as Longqing 5, month 12, day 15; sinica-1572-12-31.html identifies Julian 1572-12-31 as Longqing 6, month 11, day 27. Longqing 6, month 6 therefore falls wholly within Julian AD 1572. No leap-month designation accompanies the event; no exact Western day is asserted. Original quotation begins at line 8, character 372.
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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)
甲子，即皇帝位。AI working translation into English; not official or authoritative
On jiazi, he ascended the imperial throne.
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