Xuande emperor dies at Qianqing Palace
The Ming History records that the Xuande emperor died at Qianqing Palace.
What this does and does not establish
明史/卷9, Wikisource revision 2594622. Line 261 distinguishes death at Qianqing Palace from the subsequent burial at Jingling; no contradictory death location appears in the examined neighboring passage.
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- 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
- 宣德十年春正月乙亥
- How we use it
- Year-level placement is limited to the dated source entry.
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Dating notes from the research record
ming009.wikitext, lines 253–270, supplies the 宣德十年 heading at line 259 and the first-month death at line 261. Both Sinica headers were examined at lines 31–32: sinica-1434-12-31.html equates AD 1434-12-31 with Xuande 9, month 12, day 1; sinica-1435-12-31.html equates AD 1435-12-31 with Xuande 10, month 12, day 12. These brackets place Xuande 10, month 1, in Julian AD 1435; no exact Julian day is assigned. Original quotation begins at line 261, character 5717.
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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)
乙亥，崩於乾清宮AI working translation into English; not official or authoritative
On the yihai day, the emperor died at Qianqing Palace.
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