靖难之役

靖難之役

Jìngnàn zhī Yì

proper noun

Meanings

1 Jingnan Campaign (1399–1402), the civil war in which Zhu Di overthrew his nephew the Jianwen Emperor and became the Yongle Emperor

Characters

calamity; trouble

campaign; battle

Examples

HSK 7-9

朱棣通过靖难之役夺取了皇位。

Zhū Dì tōngguò Jìngnàn zhī Yì duóqǔ le huángwèi.

Zhu Di seized the throne through the Jingnan Campaign.

HSK 7-9

靖难之役结束后，建文帝下落不明。

Jìngnàn zhī Yì jiéshù hòu, Jiànwéndì xiàluò-bùmíng.

When the Jingnan Campaign ended, no one knew what had become of the Jianwen Emperor.

Tips

mistakes

Read 难 as nàn 'calamity' here, not nán 'difficult': 靖难 means 'to quell the troubles'. 朱棣, Prince of Yan, claimed to be saving his nephew's throne from bad ministers, the old pretext of 清君侧.

history

The Jianwen Emperor vanished when the palace in Nanjing burned in 1402. Legend says he escaped dressed as a monk, and the official Ming history says 郑和's voyages were partly meant to track him down overseas.

Stroke Order

靖 jìng

难 nán

之 zhī

役 yì