The scenario
Visualizing the imperial family tree to trace legitimate succession lines and significant lateral successions.
What is in this drawing
Read the decisions behind it.
01
Used index on founder Hongwu as focal point.
02
Included only essential empresses, anonymizing where names are omitted.
03
Noted uncertainty of Jianwen's death with note instead of ??? in death year.
Useful for educational displays of dynastic history, genealogy studies, or depicting complex inheritance patterns.
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