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Jianwen (6 February 1399 – 29 July 1402) was the era name of the Jianwen Emperor, the second emperor of the Ming dynasty of China. It was used for a total of four years. The Yongle Emperor did not recognise the Jianwen era name after the success of the Jingnan campaign and changed "Jianwen 4" ("the fourth year of the Jianwen era") to "Hongwu 35" ("the thirty-fifth year of the Hongwu era"). The Wanli Emperor issued an edict in 1595 (Wanli 23) to restore the Jianwen era name.

It is worth noting that the Yongle Emperor never announced the abolition of the Jianwen era name. Some scholars believe that the abolition of the era name was not Yongle's original intention but only the actions of his subordinates. Some people also believe that the Yongle Emperor recklessly tampered with the history of the Jianwen era by re-editing "Taizu Shilu" (太祖實錄) and "Fengtian Jingnan Ji" (奉天靖難記), which is actually equivalent to abolishing the Jianwen era name, but he is unwilling to personally implement it publicly and bear historical responsibility.

Comparison table

Other eras contemporaneous with Jianwen

• Vietnam
  • Kiến Tân (建新, 1398–1400): Trần dynasty — era name of Trần Thiếu Đế
  • Thánh Nguyên (聖元, 1400): Hồ dynasty — era name of Hồ Quý Ly
  • Thiệu Thành (紹成, 1401–1403): Hồ dynasty — era name of Hồ Hán Thương
• Japan
  • Ōei (応永, 1394–1428): Japan — era name of Emperor Go-Komatsu and Emperor Shōkō

See also

• List of Chinese era names
• List of Ming dynasty era names

References

1. 張廷玉. 成祖  – via Wikisource.「〔建文四年〕己巳，王謁孝陵。群臣備法駕，奉寶璽，迎呼萬歲。王升輦，詣奉天殿即皇帝位。……秋七月壬午朔，大祀天地於南郊，奉太祖配。詔：『今年以洪武三十五年為紀，明年為永樂元年。……』」
2. 《明史》卷20。
3. 潘忠泉,李怡 (2006). "建文朝年号革除考述". 北方论丛 (3): 82–85.

• 李崇智 (2004). 中國歷代年號考. 北京: 中華書局. ISBN 7101025129.
• 鄧洪波 (2005). 東亞歷史年表. 臺北: 國立臺灣大學東亞經典與文化研究計劃. ISBN 9789860005189. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2021-11-26.

• Chinese imperial eras