Is Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang really Korean?

MBC, South Korea's second largest TV station, has a program called "Mysterious TV Surprise", which mainly introduces some important unknown secrets. The program broadcast on March 7 was titled "The Mystery of the Birth of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Founder of China's Ming Dynasty", and it was believed that Zhu Yuanzhang was likely to be a Korean. The next day, the website of one of South Korea's largest newspapers, the JoongAng Ilbo, reprinted an article titled "Is Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang a Korean?" The article "Fierce Debate between Chinese and Korean Historians". After seeing these reports, South Korean people expressed that they did not expect that Zhu Yuanzhang turned out to be Korean, and suggested that "it seems that history should be rewritten." South Korean media reported that Zhu Yuanzhang was born in poverty but ended foreign rule and established a unified Han-dominated country. He is considered "the person with the greatest influence on Chinese history." However, a lot of evidence recently put forward by Korean historians shows that Zhu Yuanzhang is likely to be a Korean. There are three main bases: 1. Korean folklore. According to Korean folklore, during the Goryeo Dynasty in Korea, a Feng Shui expert was investigating the most treasured place in the world. He heard that there was a treasured place in Hainan, Jeollanam-do, so he hurried to Hainan, Jeollanam-do. . Local people said that three years ago, a man named Zhu Yuanzhang followed his parents to a place called Anhui in the Central Plains. Zhu Yuanzhang's parents dreamed that the immortal said that if the Zhu family wanted to get rich, they had to go to Anhui, the Central Plains. And according to legend, according to Zhu Yuanzhang's last words, Zhu Yuanzhang's body was buried in the Korean Peninsula with great confidentiality, so there is no body of Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum, only an empty tomb. Moreover, there are many versions of this legend about Zhu Yuanzhang in South Korea. 2: Historical records of the Joseon Dynasty. The historical book "Joseon Chronicles" records that there was a man named Zhu Yuanzhang who was born in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. His family was poor. He entered the temple with an eminent monk when he was 5 years old. When he was 15 years old, he came down the mountain and returned to secular life. He was a smart man. Smart. In the "Biography of Zhu Yuanzhang" written by Wu Han, which is the main representative work of Zhu Yuanzhang's biography in China, the record that Zhu Yuanzhang had a poor family and worked as a monk when he was young should be based on the "Korean Chronicles". Because "Korean Records" is hundreds of years earlier than Wu Han's "Zhu Yuanzhang Biography". In addition, North Korea's "The Biography of Zhang Bai" also stated that Zhu Yuanzhang was actually the biological husband of Zhang Bai's sister. When mentioning Zhu Yuanzhang in the famous Korean book "The Legend of Chunxiang", it is said that because Korea was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, it cannot be recorded in official documents that the founding emperor of the suzerain country actually served as a servant in Korea. It can only be recorded in folklore and novels. spread. Three: There are many Koreans around Zhu Yuanzhang. Among Zhu Yuanzhang’s founding heroes were Koreans, and there were many Koreans among Zhu Yuanzhang’s concubines. Emperor Yongle, the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was actually born to Zhu Yuanzhang's wife, Concubine Han from Korea. Before Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, there was a Korean concubine named Shuo Fei, who later gave birth to Princess Hanshan. After Korean netizens saw these reports, some said they were "unexpected" and "what a big shock." Some netizens praised this, "Our nation is really a nation with a great mind" and "It seems that the history of the two countries should be rewritten." Some people also said that "this is nothing strange in the first place" and "the Ming Dynasty was originally founded by the Koreans." Finally, the Korean media commented that so far, scholars from China and South Korea have not reached a clear conclusion on whether Zhu Yuanzhang was a Korean. In the future, there will be more intense debates about the mystery of Zhu Yuanzhang's life experience in the historical circles of the two countries. . Supplement: According to Korean folklore, during the Goryeo Dynasty in Korea, a Feng Shui expert was investigating the most treasured land in the world. He heard that there was a treasured land in Hainan, Jeollanam Province, so he hurried to Hainan, Jeollanam Province. Local people said that three years ago, a man named Zhu Yuanzhang followed his parents to a place called Anhui in the Central Plains. Zhu Yuanzhang's parents dreamed that the immortal said that if the Zhu family wanted to get rich, they had to go to Anhui, the Central Plains. And according to legend, according to Zhu Yuanzhang's last words, Zhu Yuanzhang's body was buried in the Korean Peninsula with great confidentiality, so there is no body of Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum, only an empty tomb. Moreover, there are many versions of this legend about Zhu Yuanzhang in South Korea. But would you believe the Korean stickman's nonsense? Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. His original name was Chongba, and later he was named Xingzong. Han nationality, a native of Zhongli Taiping Township in Haozhou (now east of Fengyang County, Anhui Province). At the age of 25, he joined the Red Scarf Army led by Guo Zixing to resist the tyranny of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. In the twenty-eighth year of Yuan Zhizheng (1368), after basically defeating the peasant uprising armies and wiping out the remaining forces of the Yuan Dynasty, he proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing. The country was named Daming and the reign was named Hongwu, and a unified feudal regime was established across the country. Zhu Yuanzhang's reign is known as the "Hongwu Reign". Buried in Xiaoling Tomb of Ming Dynasty.

As for the far-fetched claims of several Korean historians, ignore them at all. Just because there is a person with the same name and similar experience in their history books, it is too childish to say that Zhu Yuanzhang is Korean.

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