Zhu YujianWade-Giles romanization Chu Yü-chien, Pinyin Zhu Yujian, also called Prince of T’angTang, reign title name (Wade–Giles romanization) Lung-wu nianhao) Longwu  ( born May 25, 1602 , Nan-yang, Honan Province Nanyang, Henan province, China—died 1646 , China )  ruler of Fukien Province Fujian province in southern southeastern China after the Manchu forces of Manchuria (Northeast China) captured the Ming capital at Peking Beijing and established the Ch’ing Qing dynasty (1644–1911/12). He was also a claimant to the Ming throne.

A Ming prince, Chu Zhu was a direct descendant of the first Ming dynasty emperor, Hung-wu Hongwu (reigned 1368–98). Upon the fall of the Ming capital, Peking, Beijing to the Manchu armies, Chu Zhu obtained the support of the pirate leader and freebooter Cheng Chih-lung Zheng Zhilong and in August 1645 proclaimed himself Ming emperor emperor of the Nan (Southern) Ming, with the reign title of Lung-wuLongwu. He reigned for about 13 months, holding court in Fukien ProvinceFujian province. When the Ch’ing Qing armies began to advance into southern China, Cheng Chih-lung Zheng Zhilong withdrew his protection of ChuZhu, who was then captured and executed.