Perpetual Happiness: The Ming Emperor Yongle (Donald R. Ellegood International Publications)
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| Rating | : | 4.18 (918 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0295981245 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 286 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Scholar Tsai's lively writing will infect even non-scholarly audiences with his own evident enthusiasm for his subject."Publishers Weekly"A skillful biography of a figure who might be called China's Peter the Great. The son of the founder of the Ming Dynasty (13681644) removed the capital to Beijing, built the Great Wall, finished the Grand Canal, and made the court bureaucracy even more powerful and efficient, all the while encouraging exploration abroad (and putting down rebellion at home). "A colorful historical biography of one of the most revered emperors of China and a vivid portrait of life during the Ming dynasty. Yongle was the force behind construction of the Forbidden City, home to himself and the 22 later emperors."Vancouver Sun"Yongle
wutanglen said Highly Readable Look at Emperor Yongle. Shih Shan Henry Tsai has done something that Jonathan Spence has not been able to do: write a book that people can read and understand. No offense to Spence, I know he is considered the man for Chinese history, but maybe he is a better speaker than writer, because I can't get through any of his books and I have a strong background in Chinese History.Professor Tsai has taken primary and secondary sources about the second Ming Emperor or third depending on how you look at it and turned it into a interesting, well written, . good history zinnia This book gave me a real feel for the epoch and the cultural values of that period. The portrait of the emperor Yung Lo was excellent. He really came to life.ZinniaWashington, DC. A boring history book Wakeforest I am a historian specializing Chinese history. I am very disappointed by the author's work. Comparing to Jonathan Spence's books and Ray Huang's book on Ming history, this book is very boring and lack of deepness. The author has made a great effort to gather a lot of details but they are so fragmental. The author fails to contextualize Yongle and his time, making Yongle so isolated in the Ming history. Those long citations easily put readers into sleep. As an academic book, it lacks a special perspective and has no argum
Builder of the Great Wall, Yongle (1368-1644) also moved the capital to Beijing and built the Forbidden City, completed the Grand Canal, strengthened the court bureaucracy, and explored the world.. A colorful portrait of the greatest of the Ming emperors