Self-immolation According to the records of Yongle period and the draft of Ming Dynasty, after Wen Jian ascended the throne, with the help of Qi Taihe, the minister of war, and Huang Zicheng, the great minister, he decided to cut the vassal. Judy, the prince of Yan, immediately led his troops south, and launched the "Battle of Jingnan" under the banner of Jun Qing. In less than four years, the prince crossed the Yangtze River and arrived at the gates of Nanjing. His peace was not allowed, so he had to stick to it, but his coach, Li Jinglong, opened the Jinchuan Gate to welcome the Prince's army into the city, and the Manchu officers and men surrendered in succession. Seeing the ebb of the tide, Emperor Wen Jian had to order the palace to burn down, and suddenly the fire burst into flames. Wen Jian and his queen Ma Shi jumped into the fire and set themselves on fire. Most of his concubines and entourage died with him. Judy, the prince of Yan, looked for him for three days after she entered the palace. The attendants in the palace said that Emperor Wen Jian set himself on fire and dragged a charred body out of the fire to prove it. When the prince saw the body, he couldn't tell the difference between men and women. It was terrible. After he succeeded to the throne, he had to "bury Wen Jian" with the son of heaven. Both Ming History and Biography of Fang Xiaoru hold this view.
Cut your hair and become a monk. Lu Anshi, a celebrity in Qing Dynasty, and Cai Dongfan, a close friend, believed that after the Yan army broke the city, Emperor Wen Jian was helpless and wanted to die. At this time, the young warden Wang Yue told him: When your grandfather died, he left you an iron box for me to give to you when you were in trouble. I have kept it in Fengxian Hall in secret. Ministers quickly picked up the box and opened it. There are three official books in it, which are monks' identity cards with the names of three people, including Wen Jian. There are three robes, a razor, ten ingots of platinum, and a suicide note. The book says: "Emperor Wen Jian went out from the gate of hell, and others went out from Shuiguan Yugou. In the evening, they will meet in the optimistic west room of God. " On this basis, three of his men shaved their heads, put on hateful clothes, and only took nine people to the gate of hell. The ghost gate is at the emergency exit, which is a small low gate in the inner city. Only one person was allowed in and out of this waterway, and Emperor Wen Jian bent down and walked out of the gate of hell. After the other eight people went out of the gate of hell, they saw a boat parked on the waterway. A monk stood on the boat and told them to board, and bowed to Emperor Wen Jian and said, Long live. Emperor Wen Jian asked him how he knew I was in trouble. The monk replied, "My name is Wang Sheng, and I am the optimistic abbot of God. I dreamed of your grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang last night. He is a monk. " At this time, it seems that Emperor Wen Jian has cut his hair into a monk and inherited his ancestral business.