Emperor Jiajing’s Protection of Guo Xun and Guo Xun’s Death

郭勋作为明初开国功臣武定侯郭英的六世孙，其于正德三年(1508)承袭了武定侯的爵位，并且在嘉靖十八年(1539)进封为翊国公。尤其是在嘉靖朝郭勋获得了嘉靖帝极度地青睐，即使其身犯多种罪名，但嘉靖也是不断庇护他。探析郭勋为何不断得到嘉靖庇护有助于更好地梳理嘉靖一朝的政治格局以及嘉靖与朝官的关系。因此，对该问题的探究也就很重要。Guo Xun, as the sixth grandson of Marquis Wuding Guo Ying who is the founding minister of the early Ming Dynasty, inherited the title of Marquis Wuding in the third year of the Zhengde era (A.D.1508), and in the eighteenth year of the Jiajing era (A.D.1539), he was named Duke of Yiguo. In particular, Guo gained the extreme favor of Emperor Jiajing during the Jiajing Dynasty, and even though he was guilty of multiple crimes, Jiajing continued to shelter him. Analyzing why Guo Xun was constantly sheltered by the Jiajing Emperor helps to better understand the political landscape of the Jiajing dynasty and the relationship between the Jiajing Emperor and his officials. Hence it is important to explore the question.