Yan Chongnian - Sixty Years of Ming's Fall and Qing's Rise (Part 2)

Author: Yan Chongnian
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: The launch of "Sixty Years of the Ming's Fall and Qing's Rise (Part 2)," completing the entire series. These were the earth-shattering, dynasty-changing, and vividly colored 60 years; a stage that stirred passion and revealed individuality. Nurhaci's resilience, Hong Taiji's ambition, Emperor Wanli's indolence, Emperor Tianqi's incompetence, Yuan Chonghuan's loyalty, Wei Zhongxian's cunning, the desperate struggles of the Donglin Party, and the tyrannical antics of the eunuch faction—these figures and events narrate an era of good versus evil, loyalty versus treachery, witnessing the rise of the Qing dynasty and the decline of the Ming dynasty in this major historical turning point. This book is another masterpiece by author Yan Chongnian, the author of "A Veritable Account of the Twelve Emperors of the Qing Dynasty." It is compiled from the first 24 lectures of Yan Chongnian's historical lectures on the Qing dynasty, presented on CCTV's "Hundred Lectures Platform," with slight revisions before publication. The book covers a span of 60 years, from 1583 (the eleventh year of the Wanli reign) when Nurhaci raised his army to 1644 (the first year of the Shunzhi reign) when Fulin established his capital in Beijing. Yan Chongnian summarizes the characteristics of these 60 years as: "The Fall of the Ming and the Rise of the Qing"—victory and defeat, rise and fall; both the rise and the fall were tragic.