Ming Dynasty: A History of China

The Ming dynasty entered the fifteenth century as one of the great powers of East Asia. Then a young Emperor Yingzong, Zhu Qizhen, marched north—and the political world around the Ming throne began to change.Beginning with the Tumu Crisis of 1449 and moving through the reigns of Chenghua, Hongzhi, Zhengde, Jiajing, Longqing, and Wanli, The Ming Dynasty: A History of China, Part Two follows the peo...