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正德

Mandarin · pinyin Zhèng dé

Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao 朱厚照 Zhū Hòu zhào (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, temple name 明武宗 Míng Wǔ zōng

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正: zhèng · right, proper, correct
德: dé · ethics, morality, virtue

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(～里) an urban village in Tamsui district, New Taipei City, Taiwan
(historical) the Zhengde era (a Chinese era name; the era of that emperor's reign, from 1506 to 1521)
(～帝) (historical) the Zhengde Emperor (the eleventh emperor of the Ming dynasty)

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