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oapen-20.500.12657-757932024-03-28T09:51:47Z Perpetual Happiness Tsai, Shih-shan Henry Ethnic studies 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. 2023-08-28T08:09:39Z 2023-08-28T08:09:39Z 2011 book ONIX_20230828_9780295800226_6 9780295800226 9780295981093 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/75793 eng Donald R. Ellegood International Publications application/pdf application/epub+zip n/a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9780295800226.pdf 9780295800226.epub https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295981093/perpetual-happiness University of Washington Press University of Washington Press 10.6069/9780295800226 10.6069/9780295800226 bf4ecffe-ae79-41c6-a4b1-18e7b7aac1b9 daf6b6ea-bb2a-4ef2-8a69-80df6f6120e5 9780295800226 9780295981093 University of Washington Press 286 Seattle [...] open access
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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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