Yongle, Wade-Giles romanization Yung-lo, temple name (miaohao) (Ming) Chengzu or (Ming) Taizong, posthumous name (shi) Wendi, personal name Zhu Di, (born May 2, 1360, Yingtian [now Nanjing], Jiangsu province, China—died August 5, 1424, Yumuchuan [now in Inner Mongolia], en route to Beijing), reign name (nianhao) of the third emperor (1402–24) of China’s Ming dynasty (1368–1644), which he raised to its greatest power.(English)
