In 1587 the year of the pig, nothing special happened in China. Yet in seemingly unspectacular events of this ordinary year, the author 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.

1587, a year of no significance: The Ming dynasty in decline

History

HUANG, Ray

Asia

Yale University Press

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.

1587, A Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline

Originally published in 1974, this is a detailed study of the financial administration of the Chinese government during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), with particular attention to the sixteenth century, a topic about which very little has been published either in Chinese or any Western language. Professor Huang has worked through an enormous quantity and variety of source material - in particular the 133 substantial volumes of the Ming Veritable Records - and has compared the documents on financial matters with the entries in local gazetteers. The complicated workings of government finance present great difficulties to all specialists in Chinese financial and administrative history and in different branches of local Chinese history from the fifteenth century onwards. Professor Huang's study will provide all such researchers with an authoritative work of reference.

Taxation and Governmental Finance in Sixteenth-Century Ming China (Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institutions)

Business & Money

Economics

Cambridge University Press

World

Gathered here are research papers, speeches, and lecture notes, a multifaceted survey of Chinese history embracing a wide range of subjects, from historical antecedents, relevant Western experience, and recent revelations to locus classicus and statistics. All lead to Huang's grand synthesis: That the one-and-a-half-century-long Chinese revolution is nearing fulfillment as Chinese civilization merges with Western history. While not everyone will agree with Ray Huang, no one who is seriously concerned with these issues can afford to ignore the provocative and erudite challenge of his vision.

Broadening the Horizons of Chinese History: Discourses, Syntheses and Comparisons

Routledge

Gathered here are research papers, speeches, and lecture notes, a multifaceted survey of Chinese history embracing a wide range of subjects, from historical antecedents, relevant Western experience, and recent revelations to locus classicus and statistics. All lead to Huang's grand synthesis: That the one-and-a-half-century-long Chinese revolution is nearing fulfillment as Chinese civilization merges with Western history. While not everyone will agree with Ray Huang, no one who is seriously concerned with these issues can afford to ignore the provocative and erudite challenge of his vision.

Broadening the Horizons of Chinese History: Discourses, Syntheses, and Comparisons (An East Gate Book)

Americas

China: A Macro History

Traces the history of China from prehistoric times to the present and discusses the prospects for the reintegration of Macao and Hong Kong.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Traces the history of China from prehistoric times to the present and discusses the prospects for the reintegration of Macao and Hong Kong.

China: A Macro History (Murders])

This short history of China includes a new preface, additional illustrations and a more reader-friendly format.

China: A Macro History (East Gate Books)

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1587, a year of no significance: The Ming dynasty in decline

1587, A Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline

Taxation and Governmental Finance in Sixteenth-Century Ming China (Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institutions)

Taxation and Governmental Finance in Sixteenth-Century Ming China (Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institutions)

Broadening the Horizons of Chinese History: Discourses, Syntheses and Comparisons

Broadening the Horizons of Chinese History: Discourses, Syntheses, and Comparisons (An East Gate Book)

China: A Macro History

China: A Macro History (Murders])

China: A Macro History

China: A Macro History (East Gate Books)