1587 A Year of No Significance : The Ming Dynasty in Decline / Ray Huang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huang, Renyu, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [1982]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In 1587, the Year of the Pig, nothing very special happened in China. Yet in the seemingly unspectacular events of this ordinary year, Ray Huang finds exemplified the roots of China's perennial inability to adapt to change. With fascinating accounts of the lives of seven prominent officials, he fashions a remarkably vivid portrayal of the court and the ruling class of late imperial China. In revealing the subtle but inexorable forces that brought about the paralysis and final collapse of the Ming dynasty, Huang offers the reader perspective into the problems China has faced through the centuries.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

ONE. Zurara's Tears

TWO. Acosta's Laugh

THREE Colenso's Heart

Notes:

Published in China under title Wan-li shih-wu nien (The fifteenth year of Wan-li) by Chung-hua shu-chu, Peking.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300163537

0300163533

OCLC:

1076639590