He was born into a poor farming family.
He herded cattle, worked the fields, and wandered through difficult times.
Amid the chaos of a troubled era, he rose step by step from an ordinary farmer.
In the end, he defeated rival warlords and founded the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yuanzhang — a legendary man who rose from a poor farmer to the supreme ruler of an empire.
00:00:00 Zhu Yuanzhang: From Peasant to Emperor
00:00:51 His Parents Starved to Death, Yet a Storm Gave Them a “Sky Burial”
00:04:30 A Wandering Monk Joins the Rebel Army
00:11:57 True Love Through Hardship: Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma
00:15:35 From a Cowherder to Commander of Thousands
00:18:50 The Battle of Lake Poyang That Changed the Fate of China
00:25:38 From Peasant to Emperor: Zhu Yuanzhang Rewrites His Destiny