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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Tsai, Shih-shan Henry. Perpetual happiness. Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2001 (DLC) 00052771 |
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Material Type: | Biography, Document, Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Shih-shan Henry Tsai |
ISBN: | 9780295800226 0295800224 |
OCLC Number: | 929273649 |
Awards: | Short-listed for Kiriyama Prize (Pacific Rim Nonfiction) 2001 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 270 p. [8] pages of plates) : maps |
Contents: | A day in the life of Yongle's Court: February 23, 1423 -- The formative years, 1360-1382 -- The years of waiting, 1382-1398 -- The years of successional struggle, 1398-1402 -- The years of reconstruction: government and politics, 1402-1420 -- The years of rehabilitation: society and economy, 1402-1421 -- The Emperor of Culture -- Yongle and the Mongols -- The price of glory. |
Responsibility: | Shih-shan Henry Tsai. |
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"Perpetual Happiness offers not only a view of a usurper who ushered in a cosmopolitan era in the Ming dynasty but also a description of the empire--its government, its economy, and its relations with foreigners. Tsai's biography yields perspective on the life and times of the most renowned of the Ming emperors, with considerable attention devoted to the country he sought to shape." - Morris Rossabi "Yongle traveled with an entourage of government officials and courtiers and logistical personnel that make American presidential trips look puny--and the Emperor always took with him 10,000 cavalry soldiers and 40,000 foot soldiers. Yongle, in short, never did anything in a small way." - Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times Read more...

