Genealogy of Ming Emperors and the Rise and Fall of Dynasties

Opening the dusty "Records of the Ming Dynasty" and staring at the mottled "Hongyi Picture of the Ming Dynasty", a picture of a huge dynasty started by the commoner emperor, passed down by sixteen emperors, and finally ended in the tragedy of Meishan slowly unfolds. "The Genealogy of the Ming Emperors and the Rise and Fall of the Dynasty" is actually a detailed list of the seventeen emperors. It is not only a series of cold names and era numbers, but also a magnificent epic with the Forbidden City as the stage and the bloodline of the surname Zhu as the protagonist, intertwining talents and human weaknesses, shining with the glory of civilization and the chronic diseases of the system. It is engraved with the eternal proposition of how power shapes empires, and how empires are eroded by power. It is an excellent key to interpreting the political logic of the late Chinese Empire and the rise and fall of civilization.