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Mandarin · pinyin Jiàn Wén

Jianwen Emperor, reign name of second Ming Emperor Zhu Yunwen 朱允炆 Zhū Yǔn wén (1377-1402), reigned 1398-1402

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建: jiàn · build, establish, erect, found
文: wén · literature, culture, writing

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4–2 · Jian4 Wen2

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(～帝) the Jianwen Emperor (the second emperor of the Ming dynasty)
(historical) the Jianwen era (a Chinese era name; the era of that emperor's reign, from 1399 to 1402)

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