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朱元璋（zhū yuán zhāng）
One of the most great emperors in Chinese history:Zhu Yuanzhang
The Hongwu Emperor (October 21, 1328 – June 24, 1398), known variably by his given name Zhu Yuanzhang and by the temple name Taizu of the Ming was the founder and first emperor (1368–98) of the Ming Dynasty of China. His era name, Hongwu, means “great military power”.
In the middle of the 1300s, with famine and plagues and peasant revolts sweeping across China, Zhu became a leader of an army that conquered China, ending the Yuan Dynasty and forcing the Mongols to retreat to the Mongolian steppes. With his seizure of the Yuan capital Dadu (present-day Beijing), he claimed the Mandate of Heaven and established the Ming Dynasty in the year 1368.
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