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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... ruler . To main- tain his position of pre - eminence in society the ruler seeks to manipulate the symbols of status in such a way as to set the royal family apart from the rest of society . Similarly distinctions are established which ...
... ruler . To main- tain his position of pre - eminence in society the ruler seeks to manipulate the symbols of status in such a way as to set the royal family apart from the rest of society . Similarly distinctions are established which ...
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... ruler . In large measure they owed their social status , their legal positions , and their offices to the ruler who had recruited them and who could dismiss them . In the early Ming period two other groups stood above the officials in ...
... ruler . In large measure they owed their social status , their legal positions , and their offices to the ruler who had recruited them and who could dismiss them . In the early Ming period two other groups stood above the officials in ...
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... ruler . Since our interest here is directed primarily toward institu- tional questions - the role of the capital as an element of the im- perial apparatus - it will be well to concentrate primarily on the factors influencing the ...
... ruler . Since our interest here is directed primarily toward institu- tional questions - the role of the capital as an element of the im- perial apparatus - it will be well to concentrate primarily on the factors influencing the ...
Contents
Early Ming Emperors | 1 |
THE MING EMPIRE | 3 |
Principal Capital Sites in Chinese History | 18 |
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