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| Birth and death: | May 2, 1360–Aug. 12, 1424 |
| Family name: | Zhu (朱) |
| Given name: | Di (棣) |
| Dates of reign: | Jul. 17, 1402–Aug. 12, 1424 |
| Era name: | Yongle (永樂) |
| Era dates: | Jan. 23, 1403–Jan. 19, 1425 |
| Temple name: | Chengzu¹ (成祖) |
| Posthumous name: | Emperor Wen (文皇帝) |
| Posthumous name: | Emperor Qitian Hongdao Gaoming Zhaoyun Shengwu Shengong Chunren Zhixiao Wen 啓天弘道高明肇運聖武神功純仁 至孝文皇帝 |
| General note: Dates given here are in the Julian calendar. They are not in the proleptic Gregorian calendar. ——— 1. The original posthumous name was Taizong (太宗), but it was changed in 1538 into Chengzu.
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The Yongle Emperor ( May 2, 1360– August 12, 1424), born Zhu Di, was the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty of China from 1402 to 1424. His era name means "Perpetually Jubilant". His usurpation of the throne is now sometimes called the "Second Founding" of the Ming. He is generally considered one of the greatest emperors of the Ming Dynasty, and to be among the greatest Chinese emperors.
He was the Prince of Yan (燕王), possessing a heavy military base in Beijing. He became known as Chengzu of Ming Dynasty (明成祖 also written Cheng Zu, or Ch'eng Tsu (Cheng Tsu) in Wade-GilesWade-Giles sometimes abbreviated Wade is a Romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration) system for the Chinese language based on Mandarin. It developed from a system produced by Thomas Wade in the mid- 19th century, and reached settled form with H) after becoming emperor following a civil warFor other uses, see Civil War (disambiguation A civil war is a war in which the competing parties are segments of the same country or empire. Civil war is usually a high intensity stage in an unresolved political struggle for national control of state pow.
He commissioned most of the exploratory sea voyages of Zheng HeZheng He ( Traditional Chinese:, Simplified Chinese: , Hanyu Pinyin: Zheng H Wade-Giles: Cheng Ho ( 1371 1435), a famous Chinese mariner and explorer, made the voyages collectively referred to as the "Eunuch Sanbao to the Western Ocean" or "Zheng He to th. During his reign the monumental Yongle EncyclopediaThe Yongle Encyclopedia or Yongle Dadian was commissioned by the Chinese Ming Dynasty emperor Yongle in 1403. It's the world's earliest and greatest encyclopedia. Two thousand scholars worked on the project, incorporating eight thousand texts from ancient was completed.
He moved the capital from Nanjing to Beijing. According to a popular legend, the capital was moved when the emperor's advisors brought the emperor to the hills surrounding Nanjing and pointed out the emperor's palace showing the vulnerablity of the palace to artillery attack.
The Yongle Emperor is buried in the Changling (長陵) tomb, the central and largest mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty Tombs.
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