“Ming Shi” (History of the Ming Dynasty) is one of the official historiographic works from the series of “Twenty-Four Histories” compiled during the Qing Dynasty by Zhang Tingyu and a number of other scholars. This third volume continues the historical explanation regarding important figures, the chronology of political events, and social and cultural developments during the Ming Dynast…
An Introduction to the Sources of Ming History by Wolfgang Franke is a foundational scholarly guide to primary sources essential for studying the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). The book surveys major historical texts, official records, private writings, archival materials, and bibliographic tools relevant to Ming historiography. Franke provides detailed evaluations of the reliability, structure, a…