| Zhu Youyuan | |
| Succession: | Prince of Xing |
| Reign: | 30 July 1487 – 13 July 1519 |
| Reign-Type: | Tenure |
| Successor: | Zhu Houcong |
| House: | Zhu |
| Temple Name: | Ruizong (睿宗) |
| Regnal Name: | Emperor Bensheng Huangkao Gongmu Xian (本生皇考恭穆獻皇帝) |
| Posthumous Name: | Prince Xian of Xing (興獻王) → Emperor Xingxian (興獻帝) → Emperor Gongrui Yuanren Kuanmu Chuansheng Xian (恭睿淵仁寬穆純聖獻皇帝) → Emperor Zhitian Shoudao Hongde Yuanren Kuanmu Chunsheng Gongjian Jinwen Xian (知天守道洪德淵仁寬穆純聖恭簡敬文獻皇帝) |
| Father: | Chenghua Emperor |
| Mother: | Empress Xiaohui |
| Birth Date: | 22 July 1476 Chenghua 12, 2nd day of the 7th month (成化十二年七月初二日) |
| Death Date: | Zhengde 14, 17th day of the 6th month (正德十四年六月十七日) |
| Burial Place: | Xianling Mausoleum (in present-day Zhongxiang, Hubei) |
| Spouse-Type: | Consorts |
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Zhu Youyuan (; 22 July 1476 - 13 July 1519), was a prince of the Ming dynasty of China. He was the fourth son of the Chenghua Emperor.
Created Prince of Xing (興王), his fief was near today's Zhongxiang, in Hubei Province. He and his wife were posthumously honored by his son after he became the Jiajing Emperor in 1521.
His tomb originally was an ordinary prince's tomb which located at Songlin Mount (松林山), Zhongxiang, Hubei Province. The tomb was rebuilt in 1519, until 1521. His son the Jiajing Emperor enthroned, Jiajing against the ministers for his posthumously title. Later, he was posthumously honored as "Emperor Xingxian" (興獻帝), then his tomb rebuilt as emperor's style and renamed as "Xianling" (顯陵).
Originally, ministers were against the Jiajing Emperor for worship imperial temple for Zhu Youyuan. Then, Jiajing had to set up another temple for him and named as "shimiao" (世廟), then renamed as "Temple of Emperor Xian" in 1536.[1] Two years later, the temple restyled as imperial ancestral temple, and Jiajing honored Zhu Youyuan with the temple name "Ruizong". At that time, Jiajing had relocated the temple with the Hongzhi Emperor's temple, because they were brothers.[2]
After the temple was rebuilt, Jiajing had veto for let Zhu Youyuan shared the same temple with Hongzhi,[3] and relocated the temple at the above of the Zhengde Emperor's temple.[4] At this point, Jiajing had finally posthumously honored Zhu Youyuan as emperor and finished the worship.
During the reigns of the Wanli and Tianqi emperors, ministers requested the removal of Zhu Youyuan's temple but were still vetoed.[5]
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