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1587: A Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline

By Ray Huang

Book information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
1982
ISBN
0300028849, 9780300028843
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
17 MB (17612874 bytes)
Pages
280\309
Time added
2021-02-18 21:33:05

Description

1587, a Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline (Chinese: 萬曆十五年; pinyin: Wanli Shiwunian) is Chinese historian Ray Huang's most famous work. First published by Yale University Press in 1981,[1] it examines how a number of seemingly insignificant events in 1587 might have caused the downfall of the Ming empire. The views expressed in the book follow the macro history perspective. Contents Illustrations Acknowledgments Foreword 1. The Wan-Li Emperor 2. Shen Shih-Hsing, First Grand-Secretary 3. A World Without Chang Chü-Cheng 4. The Living Ancestor 5. Hai Jui, The Eccentric Model Official 6. Ch’i Chi-Kuang, The Lonely General 7. Li Chih, A Divided Conscience Appendix A: Audience on February 5, 1590 Appendix B: Audience On August 25, 1590 Notes Bibliography Index

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