Editing Ming dynasty (section)

==== Rise to power ====
[[File:Portrait assis de l'empereur Ming Chengzu.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|left|Portrait of the [[Yongle Emperor]] ({{reign|1402|1424}})]]
The [[Hongwu Emperor]] specified his grandson Zhu Yunwen as his successor, and he assumed the throne as the [[Jianwen Emperor]] ({{reign|1398|1402}}) after Hongwu's death in 1398. The most powerful of Hongwu's sons, Zhu Di, then the militarily mighty disagreed with this, and soon a political showdown erupted between him and his nephew Jianwen.{{sfnp|Robinson|2000|p=527}} After Jianwen arrested many of Zhu Di's associates, Zhu Di plotted a rebellion that sparked a [[Jingnan Campaign|three-year civil war]]. Under the pretext of rescuing the young Jianwen from corrupting officials, Zhu Di personally led forces in the revolt; the palace in Nanjing was burned to the ground, along with Jianwen himself, his wife, mother, and courtiers. Zhu Di assumed the throne as the [[Yongle Emperor]] ({{reign|1402|1424}}); his reign is universally viewed by scholars as a "second founding" of the Ming dynasty since he reversed many of his father's policies.{{sfnp|Atwell|2002|p=84}}