“Ming Shi” (History of the Ming Dynasty) is one of the official historical works included in the “Twenty-Four Histories,” compiled during the Qing Dynasty under the direction of Zhang Tingyu and other scholars. Volume 4 continues the detailed documentation of the Ming Dynasty, covering governmental structures, major political events, biographical narratives, and cultural developments. A…
“Ming Shi” (History of the Ming Dynasty) is one of the official texts of the “Twenty-Four Histories” series compiled during the Qing Dynasty under the leadership of Zhang Tingyu and other scholars. This second volume contains continued historical accounts of the Ming government, including a chronology of important events, administrative structure, political policies, and biographies of …