Double Willow Annual Notes - Yuan and Ming Historical Materials Notes

Author: Huang Yu (Ming Dynasty), edited by Wei Lianke
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Features: "Double Locust Years" is a significant work in the wild history of the Ming Dynasty, recording many contemporary anecdotes. It provides detailed accounts of the Ming Dynasty's court examination trials during the Hongwu era, covering aspects not found in "Ming History." "Four Friends' Studio Collected Sayings" includes seventeen categories such as classics, history, miscellaneous records, Buddhism and Taoism, poetry and prose, calligraphy and painting, etc. The (research) and (critiques) sections are beneficial for the study of historical and literary research. "Surging Pavilion Small Items" is a notebook written over thirteen years, documenting Ming Dynasty anecdotes, including court rituals, political and economic systems, social customs, as well as the stories of figures in the middle Ming period, Japanese pirates in Southeast China, and urban resistance against tax collection. It is highly valued by many scholars. This book is a historical notebook written by Huang Yu of the Ming Dynasty. The major events recorded in the book generally span from the early Ming Dynasty to the Chenghua era. The content covers rituals and institutions, imperial examinations, political struggles in the court, anecdotes of scholars, astronomy, calendrical laws, schools, military affairs, and peasant uprisings, among other topics.