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AD 1402

1 record placed in AD 1402; regions: East Asia.

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AD 1402Placed in a yearEast AsiaEnvironment, health and technology

Fire inside the imperial palace

The Ming shi records a fire inside the palace during its sixth-month account of the capital's fall.

Limits: 明史/卷4, Wikisource revision 2594634; year heading 建文四年 at line 100. The palace is explicitly located inside the capital by line 112's immediate context, corresponding to Nanjing. The fire is not described as a natural disaster, and its cause is unstated. No separate day is attached to this clause. Lines 112–114 give conflicting traditions about the emperor's fate; neither establishes his death in this fire.

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Source: Ming shi (History of Ming), basic annalsRead the source