Longfeng (Han Lin'er) Explained

Longfeng (; 16 March 1355 – January 1367) was the era name (nianhao) of Han Lin'er (Young Prince of Radiance 小明王), who was a rebel and emperor of Han Song (1355–1367) during the Yuan dynasty of China. It was used for a total of 12 years.^[1] After Han Lin'er's death, his subordinate Zhu Yuanzhang, Prince of Wu, changed the next year (1367) to "Wu 1" (吳元年, "the first year of Wu"), and in 1368 (Wu 2), to "Hongwu", and established the Ming dynasty.

Change of era

• 16 March 1355 (1355, 2nd day of the 2nd month): Han Lin'er ascended the throne as emperor of the Song dynasty with the era name Longfeng.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}
• January 1367 (1366, 12th month): Zhu Yuanzhang sent Liao Yongzhong (廖永忠) to welcome Han Lin'er to Yingtian Prefecture. Han Lin'er's boat sank while crossing the Yangtze River, and Han Lin'er was killed.^{[7] [8]}

See also

• List of Chinese era names

Bibliography

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Notes and References

1. Li Chongzhi. Zhongguo Lidai Nianhao Kao, p. 202
2. History of Yuan, Annals, Volume 44, Emperor Shun 7. Song Lian (宋濂). zh:元史/卷044. 〔至正十五年〕二月己未，劉福通等自碭山夾河迎韓林兒至，立為皇帝，又號小明王，建都亳州，國號宋，改元龍鳳。
3. New History of Yuan, Annals, Volume 25, Huizong 3. Ke Shaomin (柯劭忞). zh:新元史/卷025. 〔至正十五年〕二月己未，劉福通立韓林兒為皇帝，僭號宋，又稱小明王，建元龍鳳。
4. History of Ming, Annals, Volume 1, Taizu 1. Zhang Tingyu (張廷玉). zh:明史/卷1. 〔至正十五年〕三月，郭子興卒。時劉福通迎立韓山童子林兒於亳，國號宋，建元龍鳳。……〔二十六年〕十二月，韓林兒卒。
5. History of Ming, Biographies, Volume 10, Han Lin'er. Zhang Tingyu (張廷玉). zh:明史/卷122. 〔至正〕十五年二月，福通物色林兒，得諸碭山夾河；迎至亳，僭稱皇帝，又號小明王，建國曰宋，建元龍鳳。
6. Li Zhaoluo (李兆洛). Ji yuan bian (紀元編), Volume 1：韓林兒，龍鳳〈至正十五年二月〉。
7. New History of Yuan, Annals, Volume 26, Huizong 4. Ke Shaomin (柯劭忞). zh:新元史/卷026. 〔至正二十六年〕十二月，朱元璋迎韓林兒至建康，中道殺之。
8. History of Ming, Annals, Volume 1, Taizu 1. Zhang Tingyu (張廷玉). zh:明史/卷1. 〔至正二十六年〕十二月，韓林兒卒。