<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu_Yuanzhang" id="mwKw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Zhu Yuanzhang">Zhu Yuanzhang</a> proclaims himself the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hongwu_Emperor" id="mwLA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hongwu Emperor">Hongwu Emperor</a>, beginning the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_dynasty" id="mwLQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ming dynasty">Ming dynasty</a>.<sup about="#mwt26" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-3"}}' id="cite_ref-3" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_23#cite_note-3" id="mwLg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwLw">[3]</span></a></sup>
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