MingTao

Author: Liu Fang
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Publish Date: 2003-06-01
Features: Zhu Yuanzhang emerged from the peasantry as a feudal monarch. But he was undoubtedly the most successful among millions of peasants, and it was extraordinary wisdom that helped him achieve this success. His extraordinariness lies in his openness to intellectuals during his entrepreneurial period, his ability to gather and utilize the wisdom of intellectuals, his steady leadership in military affairs, his accurate grasp of the situation, and also in his subsequent power consolidation, the invention of inhumane torture, and a series of political strategies to control and eliminate scholars and meritorious officials. This book introduces Zhu Yuanzhang's governance strategies in plain language, covering his wisdom that is reflected and permeates in politics, economy, military, as well as in matters of personnel management, military tactics, and governance.