Chongzhen Emperor 崇祯帝
（重定向自Chongzhen）
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![The Chongzhen Emperor Slays One of His Daughters, from Martino Martini's De Bello Tartarico Historia (1655)](/Images/godic/202501/04/De-bello-tartarico-Chonghen-Emperor-kills-his-daughter0730.jpg")
![A modern replacement of the tree from which the Chongzhen Emperor was said to have hanged himself](/Images/godic/202501/04/Guiltyscholartree0730.JPG")
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The Chongzhen Emperor (6 February 1611 – 25 April 1644), personal name Zhu Youjian, was the 16th and last emperor of the Ming dynasty in China, reigning from 1627–1644. "Chongzhen", the era name of his reign, means "honorable and auspicious".