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They formed though Eastern Zhou period. They were required readings and text had 2 be known insideout. These people were also tested in their literati and knowledge.
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There was an uprising in floods, famine, and rivalries from 1351-1367 which in turn led to the fall in the dynasty
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after the Mongols were pushed out; for 300 years after, Ming Dynasty ruled China
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Zhu Yuanzhang led an army into Beijing
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His given name was Zhu Yuanzhang he was the founder and first emperor of the ming dynasty.
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showed 129 million acres under cultivation.
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He was the third emperor of the dynasty ending in 1424
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during the time he and Hongwu had ruled, land, people, and taxes increased
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the encyclopedia of the Yongle Period was published in 1407
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During the reigns of the Yongle and Hongxi emperors, China sent out seven great maritime expeditions. The expeditions led by a court eunuch named Zheng. He experienced great success, contacting and trading weith countries as far as India and the Persion Gulf, almost a century before the Portuguese sailed around Africa.
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One of the most famous emperors were Wang Yangming. He was famous for confucians. The confucians was rewrote many times till Wang came along.
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The portuguese arrived in cities of Ming China opening trade between the two
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Wu was well known as a poet who wrote about scenery and the behavior of animals. Even though he was famous, he had not yet at the age of 45 received the degree of gong sheng. He hadn't enough influence or wealth fopr high positions in the work force.
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Listed properties, therapies, and dangers of almost 1,000 drugs.
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He was another man whom had re-written Confucianism in this period. He was just the most famous. He argued that moral and intellectual guidance did not come from the external sources or rituals and education but from a person's self.
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the "Mongol Problem" began in he 1530's and continued until the fall of the dynasty. From 1530 and so on, they would have to deal with the mongols
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The Ming had suffered numerous raids from Japanese pirates. China had made an agreement with Japan later on and was no longer looked to as the "big brother" east Asia once was seen as.
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The wanli emperor showed very little interest in the afairs of state. He let other people make his decsions for him and proritized himself with woodcarving and literature.
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After the British captured a Portuguese ship the silks of China were discovered
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He had estimated that 50 percent of the imperial income derived from the high taxes collected from the coastal cities.
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Manchu under Nurhaci began attacking the ming. and then between 1629 and 1637 they attacked north china, korea, and mongolia.
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The Donglin party was focused on returning things to old confucian ways. They had also stressed the importance of moral intergrity and denounced corrupt officials includding grand secretaries and high-powered eunuchs.
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the ming government was foreced to quell a riot. there were many riots over the years.
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A majority of the provinces in Northwest China experienced severe famines. at the same time, a young postal worker from that area named Li Zicheng lost his job due to unwise economic administrative policies. Li, joining his uncle who was already a bandit, became the leader of a bandit group that successfully raided numerous provinces in Northwest China. Li's ranks soon swelled; he even formed an organized system of government that included some even formed scholar officials.
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The coastal cities of China had produced great industry and trade, great ship builders and great merchant dynasties.
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When proffesional lay storytellers in the capital of Chang'an. Tang Writers who cultivated and elaborated on those stories, wrote the first group of vernacular stories.
