Mao Peiqi Explains -- The Seventeen Emperors of the Ming Dynasty (Part 1)

Author: Mao Peiqi
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: The Ming Dynasty surpassed the Tang and Song in governance, yet its successes and failures are debated. It followed the Yuan Dynasty and ruled for six hundred years. "The Ming surpassed the Tang and Song," this was the assessment given by the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty to Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty. In the impression of modern Chinese, the Ming Dynasty was the worst era imaginable: whether it was the cruelty and ruthlessness of the Taizu and Chengzu emperors, the excessive ambitions of the Yingzong and Wuzong emperors, or the decades of neglecting court duties by the Jiajing and Wanli emperors, until the stubbornness of the Chongzhen emperor, all these absurdities left people wondering how this dynasty managed to last nearly three hundred years. This book is the first part of Professor Mao Peiqi's lecture series "Ming Seventeen Emperors' Mysteries" on the "One Hundred Family Forum" program, focusing on historical mysteries of the early Ming Dynasty, covering approximately 120 years from the Taizu era to the Xianzong era. Was the Ming Dynasty an era of great darkness or a golden age? The authoritative historians of CCTV unravel the mysteries of imperial rise and fall on the "One Hundred Family Forum." "Mao Peiqi's Detailed Explanation of the Ming Seventeen Emperors' Mysteries" is the first part of the lecture series "Ming Seventeen Emperors' Mysteries" on the "One Hundred Family Forum," focusing on historical mysteries of the early Ming Dynasty, covering approximately 120 years from the Taizu to the Xianzong. Additionally, the manuscript for the second part is currently being compiled and will be published subsequently.