Two studies on Ming history,

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hucker, Charles O., author.

Contributor:

University of Michigan. Center for Chinese Studies.

Series:

Michigan monographs in Chinese studies ; no. 12.

Michigan Monographs in Chinese Studies ; no. 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--History--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (83 pages map.

Place of Publication:

2020.

Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 1971.

Summary:

In the first study of Two Studies on Ming History, Charles O. Hucker presents an account of a military campaign that provides insight into the nature of civil officials' authority, decision-making, and relationship with the Ming court. In the spring and summer of 1556, a Chinese renegade named Hsü Hai led an invading group of Japanese and Chinese soldiers on a plundering foray through the northeastern sector of Chekiang province. Opposing them was a military establishment that for years past had been battered by coastal raiders, now under the control of an ambitious and clever official named Hu Tsung-hsien. The campaign was not one of the most consequential in China's military history, even during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). But it was famous and well reported in its time, and it illu ...

Contents:

Hu Tsung-hsien's campaign against Hsü Hai, 1556

Su-chou and the agents of Wei Chung-hsien, 1626.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9780472127573

0472127578

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access