朱椿为明代蜀府第一代蜀王,明成祖为明朝第三位皇帝。二人原为兄弟关系,都是藩王;由于靖难之役的爆发,二人虽仍是兄弟,但已让位于君臣关系。明清时期相关著作记载了明成祖对蜀献王朱椿的待遇与评价颇高,后者对前者也是忠心耿耿。有明一代,皇室内部关系始终较为紧张。蜀王朱椿与明成祖的关系是否如其表面所显示的那样,在仔细分析蜀献王朱椿与建文帝的关系,朱椿上疏揭发谷王朱橞谋反一事,以及他对方孝孺一事的处理态度的基础上,会发现明成祖与蜀献王朱椿的关系并不如史书所载那么简单,同时谷王朱橞谋反一事亦存在诸多疑点。
ZHU Chun was the first prince of Shu Mansion in Ming Dynasty , and ZHU Di was the third emperor of Ming Dynasty .Before ZHU Di became emperor , both of them were princes and were brothers originally .After the outbreak of Jingnan Campaign , the brotherhood relations between them gave way to the monarch-subject one .Works written in Ming and Qing Dynasties recorded that ZHU Chun had re-ceived a preferential treatment and high praises by Emperor Yongle , and that he was also loyal and devot-ed to the Emperor .In Ming Dynasty , relationships among the royal family were always intense .Based on careful analyses about ZHU Chun , e.g.the relationships between him and Emperor Jianwen , his disclo-sure of ZHU Hui’ s rebellion, and his attitudes towards the incident of FANG Xiao -ru’ s martyrdom, this article found the relationship between ZHU Chun and Emperor Yongle was not as simple as what it looks like in historical records .