Early Ming Government: The Evolution of Dual CapitalsPreliminary Material /Farmer Edward L. --Early Ming Emperors /Farmer Edward L. --The Ming Empire /Farmer Edward L. --The Founding, 1355-1379 /Farmer Edward L. --Instability, 1380-1402 /Farmer Edward L. --Consolidation of Ming Power: The Yung-Lo Era, 1403-1425 /Farmer Edward L. --The Dual Capital System /Farmer Edward L. --The Transition to Peking: Control of Resources /Farmer Edward L. --The Capital as a Power Center /Farmer Edward L. --Notes /Farmer Edward L. --Bibliography /Farmer Edward L. --Glossary /Farmer Edward L. --Index /Farmer Edward L. --Harvard East Asian Monographs /Farmer Edward L. |
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Page 119
... Peking in the spring of 1405. Although later involved in the schemes of his obstreperous older brother the Prince of ... Peking . Yung - lo gave him a lavish reward which included a stipend of 50,000 piculs of rice , 50,000 ting cash ...
... Peking in the spring of 1405. Although later involved in the schemes of his obstreperous older brother the Prince of ... Peking . Yung - lo gave him a lavish reward which included a stipend of 50,000 piculs of rice , 50,000 ting cash ...
Page 120
... Peking to handle military colony farm affairs . As the new capital developed in im- portance , its formal stature also rose . It was not until 1412 that the prefect of Shun - t'ien prefecture , that is , the city of Peking , was given a ...
... Peking to handle military colony farm affairs . As the new capital developed in im- portance , its formal stature also rose . It was not until 1412 that the prefect of Shun - t'ien prefecture , that is , the city of Peking , was given a ...
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... Peking near the wall along a north - south axis connecting the extreme poles of the great plain . Third , the Chinese use of Peking was a Ming innova- tion in the domestication of a capital site previously used by for- eign conquerors ...
... Peking near the wall along a north - south axis connecting the extreme poles of the great plain . Third , the Chinese use of Peking was a Ming innova- tion in the domestication of a capital site previously used by for- eign conquerors ...
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Early Ming Emperors | 1 |
THE MING EMPIRE | 3 |
Principal Capital Sites in Chinese History | 18 |
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