Dictionary of Ming Biography, 1368-1644, Volume 2Based largely upon original Ming documents, the Dictionary explores the lives of nearly 650 representative figures, both Chinese and foreign, who influenced the course of almost three hundred years of Chinese history. The articles span all classes, professions, and fields of endeavor, from emperors to artists, soldiers to missionaries, concubines, physicians, and pirates. |
Contents
Section 1 | 1015 |
Section 2 | 1016 |
Section 3 | 1017 |
Section 4 | 1019 |
1021 | |
Section 6 | 1062 |
Section 7 | 1073 |
Section 8 | 1116 |
Section 19 | 1406 |
Section 20 | 1444 |
Section 21 | 1478 |
Section 22 | 1494 |
Section 23 | 1505 |
Section 24 | 1519 |
Section 25 | 1531 |
Section 26 | 1572 |
Section 9 | 1131 |
Section 10 | 1140 |
Section 11 | 1206 |
Section 12 | 1256 |
Section 13 | 1262 |
Section 14 | 1264 |
Section 15 | 1312 |
Section 16 | 1327 |
Section 17 | 1392 |
Section 18 | 1396 |
Section 27 | 1576 |
Section 28 | 1578 |
Section 29 | 1586 |
Section 30 | 1587 |
Section 31 | 1593 |
Section 32 | 1594 |
Section 33 | 1608 |
Section 34 | 1612 |
Section 35 | 1641 |
Common terms and phrases
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