| 弘 |
Hóng zhì | Hongzhi Emperor, reign name of ninth Ming emperor 朱祐樘 (1470-1505), reigned 1487-1505, temple name 明孝宗 |
| 弘 |
hóng | great / liberal |
| 治 |
zhì | to rule / to govern / to manage / to control / to harness (a river) / to treat (a disease) / to wipe out (a pest) / to punish / to research |