Collected Works on the History of the Ming and Qing Dynasties: Main and Supplemental Editions

Author: Meng Sen
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: This book is one of the "Twentieth-Century Masterpieces of Chinese Historiography," a collection of essays on the Ming and Qing dynasties of China. It selects works published in the 20th century that had a significant impact on the development of historiography at the time or later, meaning they held an important position in the development of Chinese historiography in the 20th century. The aim is to systematically present the historiographical achievements of the century and offer readers the works of the most representative historians. The book introduces essays on topics such as "The Examination of the Fall of the Jianwen Dynasty," "Clarifying the Misunderstandings in Wan Jiyue's Draft of the Ming History," "The Meaning of Manchu," "The Changes in the Location of the Jianzhou Guard," "The Examination of the Jianzhou Guard in the Draft of the Qing History" (including the examination of the founding ancestor of the Qing, Bukuri Hero, the founding ancestor of the Qing, Bokuliyong Hero, the Qing Taizu being enfeoffed as a Dragon and Tiger General by the Ming, and the detailed examination of the Qing Taizu raising an army to avenge his ancestors).