Collected Notes on Yuan and Ming Historical Materials: Shuanghuai Su Chao

Author: Huang Yu (Ming Dynasty)
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Features: "The Annals of the Double Locust Trees" is highly regarded in the wild history of the Ming Dynasty, recording many contemporary anecdotes. It provides detailed accounts of the examination trials during the Hongwu era, which are not covered in the official Ming History. "The Collected Sayings of the Four Friends' Study" includes seventeen categories such as classics, history, miscellaneous records, Buddhism and Taoism, poetry and prose, calligraphy and painting, etc. The (research and commentary) and (critiques) in the book are beneficial for the study of history and literature. "The Small Pavilion Miscellany" is a notebook written over thirteen years by the author, recording 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 the struggles of urban citizens against taxation. It is highly valued by many scholars. This book is a historical record 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 institutional regulations, imperial examinations, political struggles in the court, anecdotes of scholars, astronomy, calendar systems, schools, military affairs, peasant uprisings, and more.