One of the result of the Yongle Emperor’ usurpation was the problem of the rehabilitation of the Jianwen Emperor and the martyrs in the Mid and Late Ming Dynasty. This problem was the political problem but also the historiographic problem. This paper examines the views on the official historiography and the influence of the unofficial histories by inquiring into the proposal to compile the ‘Veritable Records of the Jianwen Reign.’ The request for the rehabilitation made a slow progress because it was related with the legitimacy of the Yongle Emperor and his heirs. On the other hand, the voluntary venerating activities and the compilation of the unofficial histories flourished. But these unofficial histories have the problem of the reliability.
The proposal to compile the ‘Veritable Records of the Jianwen Reign’ also appeared and the contents of the proposal advanced in the course of time. Yang Shouchen prepared the proposal in the Hongzhi reign(1488-1505). Wang Shizhen proposed to compile as an appendix in the Longqing reign(1567-1572). Wang Zudi proposed to compile as independent style and Shen Li proposed the method of the compilation in the Wanli reign(1573-1620). Zhou Biao’s proposal advanced further in contents and methods of the compilation in the Chongzhen reign(1624-1644).
They presented the reasons for the compilation such as the historical existence of the Jianwen reign, the positive factors of the Jianwen Emperor and his vassals or the legitimacy of the Jianwen reign, the compatibility of the Jianwen Emperor and the Yongle Emperor, and the problem of the unofficial histories. Especially they emphasized the compatibility of the Jianwen Emperor and the Yongle Emperor.
The backgrounds of the proposals are supposed to be the personal experience of the reversal of the verdict against their fathers, the experience of the participation in the compilation projects or the study of the Ming history, the perception of the problem of the unofficial histories, and the political situation like the heir apparent problem. But it is difficult to conclude that the heir apparent problem influenced directly. The second and third, meanwhile, are directly related backgrounds.
The proposals had two fundamental limits. One was the political limit. It was the incompatibility of the Jianwen Emperor and the Yongle Emperor and it was related with the legitimacy of all emperors after the Yongle Emperor. The other was the historiographic limit. It was the insufficient consideration about the contents and methods or the emphasis on the accomplishment or the great cause which made it possible to accommodate the wrong or even the fake history.

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