Zhu Quan The Prince of Ning (宁王), (1378 – 1448) was the 17th son of Ming

Ming Dynasty

The Ming Dynasty, also Empire of the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. The Ming, "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history", was the last dynasty in China ruled by ethnic...

 Emperor Hongwu Zhu Yuanzhang; a military commander, historian and playwright, great tea connoisseur and a qin

Guqin

The guqin is the modern name for a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument of the zither family...

 player.

Pseudonyms: Mr. Dan Qiu, Da Ming Qi Shi, The Odd Scholar of Great Ming, the Emmaciated Immortal 臞仙.

Zhu Quan was a military commander, famous for his masterly art of war. In his later years, he retired completely from politics. A great lover of books, he funded the publishing of many rare books. Prince Ning himself wrote many books on history and drama, including The Secret History of the Han and Tang Dynasties and Eloping Xianru. His most famous book was Cha Pu (茶谱) in 1440. He is also the ancestor of the famous Chinese painter Zhu Da

Zhu Da

Bada Shanren , born as Zhu Da , was a Chinese painter of shuimohua and a calligrapher. He was of noble lineage, being a descendant of the Ming dynasty prince Zhu Quan. Art historians have named him as a leading painter of the period....

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Zhu Quan is an important person in the guqin

Guqin

The guqin is the modern name for a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument of the zither family...

 world, for his compiling of the important 神奇秘譜 Shenqi Mipu (Mysterious and Marvellous Tablatures) of 1425, the earliest known collection of qin scores.

Succession

• 1st prince: Zhu Quan, Prince Xian of Ning
  • Hereditary Prince: Zhu Panshi, Prince Hui of Ning
    • 2nd Prince: Zhu Dienpei, Prince Jing of Ning
      • 3rd Prince: Zhu Kunjun, Prince Kang of Ning
        • 4th Prince: Zhu Chenhao
          Zhu Chenhao
          Zhu Chenhao or Prince of Ning was a member of Ming Dynasty's Royal Family. He was the 5th generation descendant of Zhu Quan, the seventeenth son of Hongwu Emperor.-Biography:...
          
          , Prince of Ning