1587 - A Year Of No Significance / The Ming Dynasty Decline
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...Decline The title of Ray Huang's book 1587: A Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty Decline suggests that the his book is a work based on a single year in which little occurred. But in reality, Huang's look at the events of 1587 demonstrate the complex workings of the leadership during the decline of the Ming dynasty, giving the reader an insight into the societal structure, the governmental process and the mistakes that occurred systematically to enhance the progression towards the seemingly inevitable downfall. Though nothing of monumental historical significance occurred during the year 1587, Huang is able to demonstrate the way in which the existing culture and the smaller, more systematic elements of political leadership can be understood within the context of a seemingly unimportant period of time. Chapter 1: The Wan-Li Emperor, begins by explaining the major premise of the work: the concept of looking at a single year in the history of the leadership of China and evaluating the implications for understanding other aspects of historyluding the decline of the Ming Dynasty. In this initial chapter, Huang provides an...
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