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Beyond the Great Wall: the North and the Ming Border Defense: 1368-1644
This book is the representative work of the famous sinologist Dou Deshi. Based on detailed historical materials, the work tells the history of the Ming Dynasty's border defense, and conducts an in-depth analysis of the Ming Dynasty's political system, local management, and military thought from the perspective of war history. This book divides the history of northern border defense of the Ming Dynasty into 14 periods, discusses how the emperors, officials and generals of the Ming Dynasty thought
48Reads8.7Score—Shelves
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The Four Seasons of Emperor Jiajing: the Emperor and His First Assistant
This book uses "four seasons" to describe the four stages of Emperor Jiajing's long reign after he took charge. The outstanding symbol of each stage is a different and powerful chief assistant: Zhang Cong, Xia Yan, Yan Song, and Xu Jie, corresponding to the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter respectively. The book reviews the entire process of Emperor Jiajing from ascending the throne to taking charge, and finally assuming power. It introduces the interaction between the chief as
27Reads7.9Score—Shelves