* 1368 – In a coronation ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang ascends to the throne of China as the Hongwu Emperor, initiating Ming Dynasty rule over China that would last for three centuries.

* 1328 – Hongwu Emperor of China ( d. 1398 )

* Hongwu Emperor ( 1328 – 1398 ) founder of the Ming Dynasty in China.

* The Hongwu Emperor purges the chancellor of China, Hu Weiyong, and abolishes that office as he imposes direct imperial rule over the six ministries of central government for the Ming Empire.

* The Hongwu Emperor of the Ming Dynasty in China orders the Ministry of Public Works to issue a public notice that every 100 households in the lijia system are to set aside 2 mu ( 1, 390 m < sup > 2 </ sup >) of land for planting mulberry and jujube trees.

* Jianwen succeeds his grandfather, Hongwu, as Emperor of Ming Dynasty China.

* June 24 – Hongwu Emperor of China ( b. 1328 )

* The Hongwu Emperor of the Ming Dynasty in China introduces the census registration system of lijia, or the hundreds-and-tithing system, throughout the Yangzi valley.

* Hongwu Emperor of China, founder of the Ming Dynasty.

* Hongwu ( also known as Zhu Yuanzhang ) establishes the Ming Dynasty in China after the disintegration of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty.

* In Nanjing, capital of the Ming Dynasty of China, a bureau secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Ru Taisu, sends a 17, 000 character-long memorial to the throne, to be read aloud to the Hongwu Emperor.

* August – the Hongwu Emperor of the Ming Dynasty of China scraps the Office of Reports Inspection established in 1370 for a new Office of Transmission, in his efforts to create a more efficient communicatory system in the empire.

* In Ming Dynasty China, the lijia census registration system begun in 1371 is now universally imposed during the reign of the Hongwu Emperor.

* August 16 – The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China hears a case of a couple who tore paper money notes while fighting over them.

* The Hongwu Emperor of China reinstates the civil service examination system for drafting officials after suspending the examination system since 1373 in favor of a recommendation system to office.

* October 21 – Hongwu Emperor of China ( d. 1398 )

Kublai Khan and his descendants and followers would rule China for 97 years until the rise of the Ming Dynasty under the Hongwu Emperor of the House of Zhu, effectively leading the Chinese regain control of their lost territory from the Mongols.

The Hongwu Emperor (; 21 October 1328 – 24 June 1398 ) — known variably by his given name Zhu Yuanzhang () and by his temple name Taizu of Ming () — was the founder and first emperor of the Ming Dynasty of China.

Hongwu realized that the Mongols still posed a threat to China, even though they had been driven away after the collapse of the Yuan Dynasty.

Through the repeated purges and the elimination of the historical posts, Hongwu fundamentally altered the centuries old government structure of China, greatly increasing the emperor's absolutism.

Hongwu personally wrote essays posted in every village throughout China warning the people to behave, and of the horrifying consequences if they disobeyed.

However, Hongwu had harsh words for those who tried to threaten China.

Historians consider Hongwu to be one of the most significant emperors of China.

* 1871 – Guangxu Emperor of China ( d. 1908 )

* 1378 – Hongxi Emperor of China ( d. 1425 )

* 1582 – Taichang Emperor, of China ( d. 1620 )

* 1521 – Zhengde Emperor of China ( b. 1491 )

* 1644 – The Chongzhen Emperor, the last Emperor of Ming Dynasty China, commits suicide during a peasant rebellion led by Li Zicheng.

Successive dynasties in Chinese history developed bureaucratic systems that enabled the Emperor of China to directly control vast territories.

Ming China under the reign of the Yongle Emperor

Emperor Yong-le strenuously tried to extend China's influence beyond its borders by demanding other rulers send ambassadors to China to present tribute.

In 1449 Esen Tayisi led an Oirat Mongol invasion of northern China which culminated in the capture of the Zhengtong Emperor at Tumu.

Between 1673 and 1681, the Emperor Kangxi suppressed an uprising of three generals in Southern China who had been denied hereditary rule to large fiefdoms granted by the previous emperor ; he also put down a Ming restorationist invasion from Taiwan, called the Revolt of the Three Feudatories.

A Tale of Two Melons: Emperor and Subject in Ming China.

Chaste widows were revered as heroes during the Ming and Qing periods, and were deemed so central to China ’ s culture and the fate of all peoples, the Yongle Emperor distributed 10, 000 copies of the Biographies of Exemplary Women ( Lienü Zhuan ) to various non-Chinese countries for their moral instruction.

Mail was introduced to China when its allies in Central Asia paid tribute to the Tang Emperor in 718 by giving him a coat of " link armour " assumed to be mail.

Chiang Kai-shek considered both the Han Chinese and all the minority peoples of China, the Five Races Under One Union, as descendants of Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor and semi mythical founder of the Chinese nation, and belonging to the Chinese Nation Zhonghua Minzu and he introduced this into Kuomintang ideology, which was propagated into the educational system of the Republic of China.

Statue of Yang Guifei ( 719-756 ), the favoured concubine of Emperor Tang Xuanzong of China.

A European painting of an Emperor of China inspecting his fantasy fishing fleet with his concubines

For example, in one of the Four Great Classical Novels of China, The Dream of the Red Chamber ( believed to be a semi-autobiographical account of author Cao Xueqin's own family life ), three generations of the Jia family are supported by one favorite concubine of the Emperor.

Emperor Yingzong of Song ordered Sima Guang and other scholars to begin compiling this universal history of China in 1065 and they presented it to his successor Emperor Shenzong of Song in 1084.

The oldest confirmed written mention of dominoes in China comes from the Former Events in Wulin ( i. e. the capital Hangzhou ) written by the Yuan Dynasty ( 1271 – 1368 ) author Zhou Mi ( 1232 – 1298 ), who listed " pupai " ( gambling plaques or dominoes ) as well as dice as items sold by peddlers during the reign of Emperor Xiaozong of Song ( r. 1162 – 1189 ).

* 1377 – Jianwen, Emperor of China ( d. 1402 )

* 1447 – Chenghua, Emperor of China ( d. 1487 )