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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... province of Chiao - chih in 1407 but was abandoned twenty years later after it proved ungov- ernable . The metropolitan provinces differed from regular provinces in that they had no provincial governors but were directly admin- istered ...
... province of Chiao - chih in 1407 but was abandoned twenty years later after it proved ungov- ernable . The metropolitan provinces differed from regular provinces in that they had no provincial governors but were directly admin- istered ...
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... provinces there are to be established military guard units . The biggest unit of 5,600 men will be a guard [ wei ] , 1,120 men will be a battalion [ ch'ien - hu so ] ... When there is an emergency an expeditionary force will be sent out ...
... provinces there are to be established military guard units . The biggest unit of 5,600 men will be a guard [ wei ] , 1,120 men will be a battalion [ ch'ien - hu so ] ... When there is an emergency an expeditionary force will be sent out ...
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... provinces involved the classic problem of maintaining a balance between the center and the periphery . Hung - wu's initial solution was to create a " pre- fectural " [ chün - hsien ] system as opposed to a “ feudal ” [ feng- chien ] ...
... provinces involved the classic problem of maintaining a balance between the center and the periphery . Hung - wu's initial solution was to create a " pre- fectural " [ chün - hsien ] system as opposed to a “ feudal ” [ feng- chien ] ...
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Early Ming Emperors | 1 |
THE MING EMPIRE | 3 |
Principal Capital Sites in Chinese History | 18 |
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