Emperor Zhengde (English: Zheng-de-di; Chêng-tê-ti)

Japanese: 正徳帝 - せいとくてい（英語表記）Zheng-de-di; Chêng-tê-ti

Born: 1491 (4th year of the Koji period)
[Died] 1521 (16th year of the Shōtoku Era)
The 11th emperor of the Ming Dynasty of China (reigned 1506-21). His given name was Houzhao. His temple name was Wuzong. He was the eldest son of Emperor Hongzhi. He loved learning, was well versed in Buddhist Sanskrit, and was not a fool. However, as he grew older, he brought beautiful women into his harem and indulged in sexual pleasures. This led to the tyranny of the eunuch Liu Jin and the wicked minister Jiang Bin, who broke out into civil unrest in various places, and also led to rebellions by the imperial family, including those of King Anhua Shihuan and King Ning Chenhao. It was around this time that Portuguese ships began arriving, and he died amid much domestic and international trouble.

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Japanese:

[生]弘治4(1491)
[没]正徳16(1521)
中国，明の第 11代皇帝 (在位 1506～21) 。名は厚照。廟号は武宗。弘治帝の長子。学を好み，仏教梵語に通じ暗愚ではなかったが，長じて後宮に美人を入れ，淫楽にふけったため，宦官劉瑾 (りゅうきん) や奸臣江彬 (こうひん) らが横暴をきわめ，各地に民乱が発生したほか，皇族の安化王し鐇 (しはん) や寧王宸濠の反乱なども起った。またポルトガルの来航が始ったのもこの頃で，内外多事のなかに没した。

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