Facts: - reign: 1593 - 1611 - death date: 19 may 1611 - house: house - birth date: 1536 - name: zhu zaiyu - occupation: court choreographer , music theorist astronomer , historian , physicist , mathematician , Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of zhu zaiyu .
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zhu zaiyu -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 1536 - 19 may 1611 -rrb- was a prince of the ming dynasty of china .in 1584 , prince zhu innovatively described the equal temperament via accurate mathematical calculation .zhu was born in qinyang , henan province to an aristocratic family , the sixth-generation descendant of the hongxi emperor , the fourth emperor of the ming dynasty .zhu inherited the title the prince of zheng in 1593 , but quickly resigned it to his cousin .on the emperor 's order , he was granted a new princely title in 1606 , the year he delivered a set of ten musicological treatises to the court , establishing his scholarly merit .his posthumous name was -lrb- '' his excellency the dauphin of zheng '' -rrb- zhu wrote on music theory and temperament -lrb- five treatises survive -rrb- , music history -lrb- two treatises survive -rrb- , dance and dance music -lrb- five treatises survive -rrb- , and several other works .three music theory works in particular are associated with the ideas of equal temperament , the -lrb- '' on the equal temperament '' , 1584 -rrb- , -lrb- '' a clear explanation of that which concerns the equal temperament '' , 1595/96 -rrb- , and -lrb- '' reflection on mathematics '' , 1603 -rrb- .his work has been described as '' the crowning achievement of two millennia of acoustical experiment and research -lrb- robinson 1962:224 -rrb- '' though it may be considered more justified to describe him as '' one of the most important historians of his nation 's music . ''zhu also wrote treatises -lrb- three survive -rrb- on astronomy , physics , mathematics and calendrics , calculated the magnetic declination of peking , the mass density of mercury and accurately described the duration of one tropical year to correct the ming calendar .