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a publication portrait of xu da in a 1921 chinese 徐達 the ming dynasty 徐达 1385 1332 hsu ta xú dá 200px general tiande -lrb- 天德 tiāndé tian-te -rrb- 1332 xu da.jpg xu da
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xu da

xu da -lrb- 1332 -- 1385 -rrb- , courtesy name tiande , was a chinese military general who lived in the late yuan dynasty and early ming dynasty .
he was a friend of zhu yuanzhang -lrb- the hongwu emperor -rrb- , the founder and first ruler of the ming dynasty , and assisted him in overthrowing the mongol-led yuan dynasty and establishing the ming dynasty .
he was also the father of empress xu , who married the third ming ruler , the yongle emperor .
