How does a peasant, orphan, son of a farmerin the Black Death, made a monk in the middle of a forgotten spotIn central Anhui by providence impoverishedIn squalor, grow up to be a rebel hero, then a monarch?

Time Period Covered:1364-1368 CE

Major Historical Figures:Ming:Zhu Yuanzhang (Hongwu Emperor) [r. 1368-1398]General Xu Da [1332-1385]General Chang Yuchun [1330-1369]Commander Li Wenzhong [1338-1384]

Yuan:Emperor Toghon Temür [r. 1333-1368, 1368-1370]Crown Prince Ayushiridara [1340-1378]General Chaghan Temür [d. 1362]General Köke Temür [1330-1375]General Bolod Temür [d. 1364]

Wu:Zhang Shicheng (King of Dazhou) [r. 1354-1367]General Li Bosheng

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