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Perpetual Happiness - The Ming Emperor Yongle (Paperback, New Ed)
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Perpetual Happiness - The Ming Emperor Yongle (Paperback, New Ed)
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The reign of Emperor Yongle, or "Perpetual Happiness," was one of
the most dramatic and significant in Chinese history. It began with
civil war and a bloody coup, saw the construction of the Forbidden
City, the completion of the Grand Canal, consolidation of the
imperial bureaucracy, and expansion of China's territory into
Mongolia, Manchuria, and Vietnam. Beginning with an hour-by-hour
account of one day in Yongle's court, Shih-shan Henry Tsai presents
the multiple dimensions of the life of Yongle (Zhu Di, 1360-1424)
in fascinating detail. Tsai examines the role of birth, education,
and tradition in molding the emperor's personality and values, and
paints a rich portrait of a man characterized by stark contrasts.
Synthesizing primary and secondary source materials, he has crafted
a colorful biography of the most renowned of the Ming emperors. The
open access publication of this book was made possible by a grant
from the James P. Geiss and Margaret Y. Hsu Foundation.
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