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Line 1: − The '''Ming Dynasty''' ([[Chinese]]: 無情; [[Hanyu pinyin]]: Míng Cháo) was the dynasty in China founded in A.D. 1368 by [[Zhu Yuanzhang]], which ruled until it was succeeded in 1644 by the [[Qing Dynasty|Manchus]]. The collapse of the [[Mongols]] enabled the Ming dynasty to arise in 1368. + − − The Ming dynasty established its capital at [[Peking]] ([[Beijing]]) in 1421. The Ming dynasty is known for expansion and exploration, and increasing contacts with Europe. Arts flourished during this period and beautiful blue and white [[porcelain]] was made and exported. − − ==Basic Further reading== − * Ebrey, Patricia Buckley, and Kwang-ching Liu. ''The Cambridge Illustrated History of China'' (1999) 352 pages [http://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-Illustrated-History-China-Histories/dp/052166991X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197346890&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search] − * Latourette, Kenneth Scott. ''The Development of China'' (1917) 273 pages; [http://books.google.com/books?id=fSIPAAAAYAAJ&dq=inauthor:latourette&num=30&as_brr=1 full text online; written by Christian scholar] − * Wright, David Curtis. ''History of China'' (2001) 257pp; [http://www.questia.com/library/book/the-history-of-china-by-david-curtis-wright-john-e-findling-frank-w-thackeray.jsp online edition] − ===Advanced bibliography=== − * Brook, Timothy. ''The Confusions of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China.'' U. of California Press, 1998. [http://www.amazon.com/Confusions-Pleasure-Commerce-Culture-China/dp/0520221540/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197246164&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search] − * Dardess, John W. ''A Ming Society: T'ai-ho County, Kiangsi, Fourteenth to Seventeenth Centuries.'' U. of California Press, 1983; uses advanced "new social history" [http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft2s2004qh/?&query=&brand=ucpress complete text online free] − * Farmer, Edward. ''Zhu Yuanzhang and Early Ming Legislation: The Reordering of Chinese Society Following the Era of Mongol Rule.'' E.J. Brill, 1995. − * Goodrich, L. Carrington, and Chaoying Fang. ''Dictionary of Ming Biography.'' (1976). − * Huang, Ray. ''1587, A Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline.'' (1981). [http://www.amazon.com/1587-Year-No-Significance-Dynasty/dp/0300028849/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197246303&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search] − * Mote, Frederick W. ''Imperial China, 900–1800'' Harvard University Press, 1999, 1,136 pages, the authoritative treatment of the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties; [http://www.amazon.com/Imperial-China-900-1800-F-Mote/dp/0674012127/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197237736&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search] − * Mote, Frederick W., and Denis Twitchett, eds. ''The Cambridge History of China. Vol. 7, part 1: The Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644'' (1988). 1008 pp. [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0521243327/ref=nosim/?tag=livseaboo-20&linkCode=asn excerpt and text search] − * Schneewind, Sarah. ''A Tale of Two Melons: Emperor and Subject in Ming China.'' (2006). [http://www.amazon.com/Tale-Two-Melons-Emperor-Subject/dp/0872208249/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197246335&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search] − * Tsai, Shih-shan Henry. ''Perpetual Happiness: The Ming Emperor Yongle.'' (2001). [http://www.amazon.com/Perpetual-Happiness-Ming-Emperor-Yongle/dp/0295981245/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197246363&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search] − * Twitchett, Denis and Frederick W. Mote, eds. ''The Cambridge History of China. Vol. 8: The Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, Part 2. '' (1998). 1203 pp.; Twitchett, Denis and Frederick W. Mote, eds. ''The Cambridge History of China. Vol. 8: The Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, Part 1.'' − − − ==References== − <references/> − − [[Category:Chinese Dynasties]] − [[Category:Chinese History]]
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