Three-Minute History of China in Comics by Sai Lei: The Three Hundred Years of the Ming Dynasty, Volume 2

The highly anticipated second installment of Sai Lei's full-color comics on Ming dynasty history is here: Ming history is surprisingly fascinating! The “adorable Sai Lei” enjoyed by 10 million people joins forces with Shitu Guan, a history-focused popular science platform loved by millions of readers, to recreate 300 years of Ming history in a full-color, cinematic comic with every scene brought to life.

The newest work in the “Sai Lei's Three-Minute Comics on Chinese History” series focuses on the Ming dynasty. The book contains ten chapters: The Ren and Xuan Reigns, The Tumu Crisis, Driving Out the Raiders and Seizing the Gate, Controversies of the Chenghua Era, A Complex Court, Wang Yangming's Philosophy of the Mind, Jiajing Comes to the Capital, Changes at Court, Mounting Foreign Threats, and the Downfall of the Yan Clan. Lively four-color comics bring Ming history to life! For readers interested in Chinese history, especially the Ming dynasty, this is an introductory book not to be missed. Sai Lei's hilarious style brings its figures and events to life, with a joke on nearly every page to make readers smile as they laugh their way through the history of the Three Kingdoms, its key events, and how they fit together.