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简天顺 · 繁天順

Mandarin · pinyin Tiān shùn

Tianshun Emperor, reign name of eighth Ming Emperor 朱祁鎮 Zhū Qí zhèn (1427-1464), reigned 1457-1464, temple name Yingzong 英宗 Yīng zōng

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天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
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顺: shùn · obey, submit to, go along with

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(historical) the Tianshun era (a Chinese era name; the era of the second reign of Emperor Yingzong of Ming, from 1457 to 1464)

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