| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 278 pages, 8 unnumbered pages leaves of plates) : illustrations |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Series |
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Note |
Published in China under title Wan-li shih-wu nien (The fifteenth year of Wan-li) by Chung-hua shu-chu, Peking. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-265) and index. |
| Contents |
List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword / L. Carrington Goodrich -- 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. |
| Summary |
In 1587, the Year of the Pig, nothing very special happened in China. Yet in the seemingly unspectacular events of this ordinary year, Ray Huang finds exemplified the roots of China's perennial inability to adapt to change. Through fascinating accounts of the lives of seven prominent officials, he fashions a remarkably vivid portrayal of the court and the ruling class of late imperial China. In revealing the subtle but inexorable forces that brought about the paralysis and final collapse of the Ming dynasty, Huang offers the reader perspective into the problems China has faced through the centuries. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2024. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) |
| Note |
All rights reserved. |
| Subject |
China -- History -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
American Council of Learned Societies, issuing body.
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| In: |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. http://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| ISBN |
0300163533 (electronic bk.) |
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0300025181 |
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9780300025187 |
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0300028849 |
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9780300028843 |
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9780300163537 (ebk) |
| Standard No. |
heb00828 hdl |
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