Yung Lo
noun
Chu Ti, 1360–1424, Chinese emperor 1403–25.
Yung Lo
American
[yoong law]
/ ˈjʊŋ ˈlɔ /
(Pinyin)
Yong Lo
noun
Yung-lo
British
/ ˈjʊŋˈləʊ /
noun
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Ming Emperor Yung Lo followed his astrologer's plan to make the city a geomantic portrait of No Cha, a three-headed monster with six arms.
From Time Magazine Archive
After this ambitious youth had dispossessed his nephew, who was the rightful heir to the throne, he took the title of Yung Lo, which became a famous name in Chinese history.
From Village Life in China A Study in Sociology by Arthur H. Smith
The country was first called Sien Lo in the first year of Yung Lo, 1403.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Henry Yule
It was in the reign of Yung Lo, the third monarch of the Ming dynasty, that Peking first became the capital of China.
From Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
The third emperor of the Ming dynasty, known Yuan Lo Ta Tien. as Yung Lo, A.D. 1403-1425, issued a commission for the production of a work on a scale which was colossal even for China.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
Again the great Yung-lo was seated on the platform in Kwan-yu's foundry, and again his courtiers hovered round him, but this time, as it was winter, they did not flirt the silken fans.
From A Chinese Wonder Book by Li Chu-T'ang
He was, incidentally, in charge of the compilation of the largest encyclopaedia ever written, the Yung-lo ta-tien, commissioned by the Yung-lo emperor.
From A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.] by Wolfram Eberhard
The courtiers all applauded this speech of the great Yung-lo, but Kwan-yu remained on the ground where he had thrown himself at the feet of his sovereign.
From A Chinese Wonder Book by Li Chu-T'ang
He was, incidentally, in charge of the compilation of the largest encyclopaedia ever written, the Yung-lo ta-tien commissioned by the Yung-lo emperor.
From A History of China by Wolfram Eberhard
And remember," said Yung-lo in conclusion, "this bell must be so great that the sound of it will ring out to a distance of thirty-three miles on every hand.
From A Chinese Wonder Book by Li Chu-T'ang
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