Prince of Gui, was a first-rank princely peerage used during Ming dynasty, this peerage title was created by Wanli Emperor. The first Prince of Gui was Zhu Changying, 7th son of Wanli Emperor. This peerage had 6 cadetcommandery princely peerages, all of these second-rank peerages had not inherited. The last Southern Ming emperor, Zhu Youlang was a member of this peerage.
As members of this peerage were descentants of the Yongle Emperor, their generation poem was:- This peerage used the poem until Ci generation.
Members
Zhu Changying, Wanli Emperor's 7th son. He held the title of Prince of Gui in 1601 from his father. He took his fief in 1627. After Zhang Xianzhong attacked his fief, he brought his surviving family escaped to Guangxi. He later died and buried at Wuzhou. After his 4th son, Zhu Youlang enthroned as Southern Ming's emperor, Zhu Youlang posthumously honored as emperor under the temple name "Lizong" and posthumous name "Emperor Titian Changdao Zhuangyi Wenghong Xingwen Xuanwu Renzhi Chengxiao Duan". His original posthumous name is: Prince Duan of Gui
*2nd son: Name unknown, designated as his father's hereditary prince after his eldest brother died. Zhu Youlang posthumously honoured him as Prince of Gui under the posthumous title "Prince Wen of Gui"
*3rd son: Zhu You'ai, he initially held the title of a commandery prince under the title of Comm. Prince of Anren. He succeeded the title of Prince of Gui from 1645 to 1646. He died at Guangxi. Full posthumous name: Prince Gong of Gui
**Name unknown, he succeeded the title of Prince of Gui from after Zhu Youlang enthroned.
*4th son: Zhu Youlang, he initially held the title of a commandery prince under the title of Comm. Prince of Yongming. He succeeded the title of Prince of Gui in 1646. After he enthroned, the peerage was succeeded by Zhu You'ai's son.
*5th son: Zhu Youzhan, held the title of a commandery prince under the title of Comm. Prince of Yongxing. He was died in chaos.
*6th son: Name unknown, died in chaos. He was posthumously bestowed as "Comm. Prince of Xintian" during Longwu's reign.
*7th son: Name unknown, died in chaos. He was posthumously bestowed as "Comm. Prince of Jianghua" during Longwu's reign.
*8th son: Name unknown, died prematurely. He was posthumously bestowed as "Comm. Prince of Jiashan" during Longwu's reign.
