Tales of Heroic Patriots

This book is also known as The Strange Tales of Yunhe, The Heroes and Martyrs of the Great Ming, and The Heroic Founding of the Great Ming, among other titles. It is a chapter-and-verse novel adapted from folk tales passed down during the Ming dynasty. At the end of the Yuan dynasty, Emperor Shundi misruled the country, and Zhu Yuanzhang led an uprising that ultimately overthrew Yuan rule and established the Ming dynasty. Some of the short tales in the book are still told among the people today, such as Selling Smoked Plums, Taking Xiangyang, and the Battle of Chuzhou. And heroes such as Chang Yuchun, Hu Dahai, Hua Yun, Xu Da, Li Wenzhong, Mu Ying, Zhu Wenzheng, Deng Yu, Tang He, Guo Ying, and Zhu Liangzu are household names, known to men, women, and children alike.