| Zhu Quan, Prince of Ning | |
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| Statue of Zhu Quan in Wuyi Mountain Tea Theme Park | |
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| Reign | 1391 - 1448 |
| Successor | Zhu Dienpei |
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| Zhu Panshi, Hereditary Prince Zhu Panye, Prince Kangxi of Linchuan Zhu Panyao, Prince Anjian of Yichun Zhu Panzhu, Prince Anxi of Xinchang Zhu Panmuo, Prince Daohui of Xinfeng |
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| Full name | |
| Family name: Zhu (朱) Given name: Quan (权 / 權) |
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| Prince Xian of Ning 寧獻王 | |
| Father | Hongwu Emperor |
| Mother | Imperial Concubine Yang |
| Born | 27 May 1378 |
| Died | 12 October 1448 (aged 70) |
Zhu Quan (朱权 / 朱權), The Prince of Ning (宁王), (1378 – 1448) was the 17th son of Ming Emperor Hongwu Zhu Yuanzhang; a military commander, historian and playwright, a great tea connoisseur and a qin player.
Pseudonyms: Mr. Dan Qiu, Da Ming Qi Shi, The Odd Scholar of Great Ming, the Emaciated Immortal (臞仙).
Zhu Quan was a military commander, famous for his masterly art of war. In his later years, he retired completely from politics. A great lover of books, he funded the publishing of many rare books. Prince Ning himself wrote many books on history and drama, including The Secret History of the Han and Tang Dynasties and Eloping Xianru. His most famous book was Cha Pu (茶谱, "Tea manual") in 1440. He is also the ancestor of the famous Chinese painter Zhu Da.
Zhu Quan is an important person in the guqin world, for his compiling of the important Shenqi Mipu (神奇秘譜, Mysterious and Marvellous Tablatures) of 1425, the earliest known collection of qin scores.