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| #179855 in Books | Ray Huang | 1982-09-10 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .81 x6.12 x9.22l,.98 | File type: PDF | 280 pages | 1587 a Year of No Significance||5 of 6 people found the following review helpful.| Amazing portrait of life in the Ming court|By ccmann|I had to read a number of works on late imperial China for a project, and this was by far the most enjoyable, and one of the most illuminating. A group portrait of life in the court of the Wanli emperor, it provides an indelible image of reformers struggling, always in vain, against a tottering, corrupt political bureaucracy||
|"Unusual and thoughtful. . . . Takes the poet’s or the novelist’s joy in turning a commonplace detail to the angle at which it reveals its glint of meaning."—David Lattimore, New York Times Book
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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...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.1587, A Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline | Ray Huang. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
