Zhu Yuanzhang, are there really seventy-two pockmarked people?

There are many versions of Zhu Yuanzhang's portrait circulating in the world, and the portraits that can be seen are mainly concentrated in these two categories: one is ugly and the other is handsome. Some people are skeptical about the authenticity of Zhu Yuanzhang's portrait of Zhang Chou's face. From the physiological and genetic point of view, we pay more attention to the kind-hearted, plump and rich face. When describing his appearance in Ming History, he said: "The appearance is magnificent and the strange bones are inspiring. The breadth of ambition is immeasurable. " The first eight words are about appearance, and the last eight words are about temperament. Zhu Yuanzhang's extraordinary appearance left a good impression. He was immediately admitted to the army and betrothed his adopted daughter Ma Girl to him.

The "Ming Taizu True Image" in the "Original Image of Emperor Qianlong" is that ugly face. The title in the upper left corner of the portrait is "Zhu Yuanzhang, whose real name is Jurong, Jiangnan and Hongwu, reigned for thirty-one years". Some people think that this is like "solemn brushwork, close to the portrait of the emperor handed down from ancient times, and should be copied according to the palace painting." But some people are skeptical about the authenticity of this ugly portrait of Zhu Yuanzhang. Physiologically and genetically, they value Zhang Shanliang's plump and rich face more.

Judging from the available data, most of those ugly versions of portraits were painted by people after the Ming Dynasty, and some versions are extremely imprecise. According to genetics, Zhu Yuanzhang has 24 sons, including Zhu Biao and Judy. Judging from the portraits of the Ming emperor, they are all similar to Zhu Yuanzhang's national character face, and the ugly version of the portrait does not conform to the background of the times in clothing modeling, such as the hat on the wing crown and the dragon pattern on the dragon robe. Suspicion was painted by the Qing people who didn't understand the Hanfu of the Ming Dynasty after shaving their hair and changing clothes, so the official version of the portrait is closer to historical facts.