Zhu Quan

Zhu Quan, Prince of Ning
Statue of Zhu Quan in Wuyi Mountain Tea Theme Park
Prince of Ning
Reign	1391 - 1448
Successor	Zhu Dienpei
Issue
Zhu Panshi, Hereditary Prince Zhu Panye, Prince Kangxi of Linchuan Zhu Panyao, Prince Anjian of Yichun Zhu Panzhu, Prince Anxi of Xinchang Zhu Panmuo, Prince Daohui of Xinfeng
Full name
Family name: Zhu (朱) Given name: Quan (权 / 權)
Posthumous name
Prince Xian of Ning 寧獻王
Father	Hongwu Emperor
Mother	Imperial Concubine Yang
Born	27 May 1378(1378-05-27)
Died	12 October 1448(1448-10-12) (aged 70)

First page / leaf of volume 3 of Zhu Quan's Shenqi Mipu. From right to left: Full title of tablature collection 臞仙神奇秘譜 with volume number 下卷 (lower or third) plus seals of the owner of this copy (if any), title of the volume 霞外神品, the tuning and method of tuning 黃鐘調, name of the 'modal preface' 調意, the tablature (shorthand) of the modal preface, [next page] title of the piece, description of the piece's origins, and the tablature of said piece.

Zhu Quan (朱权 / 朱權), The Prince of Ning (宁王), (1378 – 1448) was the 17th son of Ming Emperor Hongwu Zhu Yuanzhang; a military commander, historian and playwright, a great tea connoisseur and a qin player.

Pseudonyms: Mr. Dan Qiu, Da Ming Qi Shi, The Odd Scholar of Great Ming, the Emaciated Immortal (臞仙).

Zhu Quan was a military commander, famous for his masterly art of war. In his later years, he retired completely from politics. A great lover of books, he funded the publishing of many rare books. Prince Ning himself wrote many books on history and drama, including The Secret History of the Han and Tang Dynasties and Eloping Xianru. His most famous book was Cha Pu (茶谱, "Tea manual") in 1440. He is also the ancestor of the famous Chinese painter Zhu Da.

Zhu Quan is an important person in the guqin world, for his compiling of the important Shenqi Mipu (神奇秘譜, Mysterious and Marvellous Tablatures) of 1425, the earliest known collection of qin scores.

Succession

• 1st prince: Zhu Quan, Prince Xian of Ning
  • Hereditary Prince: Zhu Panshi, Prince Hui of Ning
    • 2nd Prince: Zhu Dienpei, Prince Jing of Ning
      • 3rd Prince: Zhu Kunjun, Prince Kang of Ning
        • 4th Prince: Zhu Chenhao, Prince of Ning

See also

• Tea Classics
• Guqin
• List of qinpu

References

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