Double Willow Annual Chronicle

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Publish Date: 1999-12-01
Features: Shuanghuai Su Chao holds significant importance in the annals of Ming Dynasty's unofficial history, recording many contemporary anecdotes. It provides detailed accounts of the examination trials during the Hongwu era, which are not covered in Ming Shi. Si You Zhai Cong Shuo includes seventeen categories such as classics, history, miscellaneous records, Buddhism and Taoism, poetry and prose, calligraphy and painting, etc. The (research and commentary) sections are particularly beneficial for the study of history and literature. Yong Chuang Xiao Pian is a notebook written over thirteen years, documenting Ming Dynasty anecdotes, including court rituals, political and economic systems, social customs, as well as the lives of figures from the mid-Ming period, Japanese piracy in the southeast, and peasant tax resistance struggles. It is highly valued by many scholars. This book is a historical record written by Huang Yu, a Ming Dynasty scholar. The major events recorded in the book generally span from the early Ming Dynasty to the Chenghua era. The content covers institutional regulations, imperial examinations, political rivalries in the court, anecdotes of scholars, astronomy, calendar systems, schools, military affairs, and peasant uprisings, among other topics.