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Zhu Changfang
Late Ming Prince of Lu and qin lover who had many Zhonghe zithers made; briefly regent at Hangzhou in 1645 before surrendering the city to the Qing
A mansion gate with a double blue-tiled roof stands on stone steps flanked by two stone lions, with a garden walkway, a lily pond and rockery at the left and lanterns under the eaves; at the right one person stands beside a saddled horse with a rider.
Also known as Ming Prince of Lu · Hao Jingyi Zhuren
Zhu Changfang, son of Prince Jian of Lu, inherited the title Prince of Lu in 1618, with his fief at Weihui. Calling himself the Master of Jingyi, he was versed in music, painting and calligraphy, compiled qin scores and oversaw the making of many zithers, mostly inscribed Zhonghe; tradition puts their number at three thousand, and they are known as Lu qin. After the Hongguang emperor was captured in 1645, Ma Shiying and others made him regent at Hangzhou, but he opened the gates to the advancing Qing army and was executed in Beijing the next year. The National Museum of China holds one of his Zhonghe zithers.
Life and times
Dates 1608 CE–1646 CE (birth by another account 1607)