The Jianwen Emperor plays shell-games with his dad's spirit tablet, decides Confucius has had it too good for too long, gets gross in his pursuit for immortality, and tries breath-play with his concubines... oh yes, and fire. So, so much fire.Time Period Covered:ca. 1524-1547 CEMajor Historical Figures:The Jiajing Emperor (Zhu Houcong) [r. 1521-1567]Empress Dowager Zhang [r. 1505-1541]Empress Chen [r. 1522-1528]Empress Zhang [r. 1529-1534]Empress Fang [r. 1534-1547]Confucius [551-479 BCE]Minister Xia YanMinister Huo TaoMajor Sources Cited:Works Cited:Geiss, James. “The Chia-ching reign, 1522-1566,” in The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 7: the Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, Part I.Huang, Weibo. “The palace rebellion of ‘Renyin’ and the Jiajing Emperor’s belief in alchemy” in Xiang Chao.McMahon, Keith. Celestial Women: Imperial Wives and Concubines in China from Song to Qing.Zhang, Tingyu. History of Ming, Vol. 114, Historical Biography 2, Empresses and Concubines 2.Zhang, Yongchang. “The ‘Renyin’ palace rebellion: palace women sacrifice themselves” in Quanzhou Wenxue. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.