Zhu Shizhen
| Zhu Shizhen 朱世珍 | |||||||||
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| Born | 1281 Jurong | ||||||||
| Died | 1344 (aged 62–63) | ||||||||
| Burial | Ming Imperial Mausoleum (in present-day Fengyang, Anhui) | ||||||||
| Spouse | Lady Chen | ||||||||
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| Father | Zhu Chuyi | ||||||||
| Mother | Lady Wang | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 朱世珍 | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 朱五四 | ||||||||
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Zhu Shizhen (1281–1344), born Zhu Wusi, was the father of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming dynasty.
Zhu Shizhen was a native of Jurong (in modern Jurong, Jiangsu). His father, Zhu Chuyi, later relocated the family to Xuyi in Si Prefecture (modern Xuyi County, Huai'an, Jiangsu), and in subsequent years Zhu Shizhen moved with his household to Zhongli in Hao Prefecture (modern Fengyang, Anhui). In 1344, when a severe drought devastated the lands north of the Huai River, Zhu Shizhen, together with his wife Lady Chen and their eldest son, succumbed one after another. In 1368, upon the founding of the Ming dynasty at Nanjing, Zhu Yuanzhang posthumously elevated his father as Emperor Chun, with the temple name Renzu, while his mausoleum was established at Fengyang as the Imperial Mausoleum.