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Jin Ping Mei was compared to Lady Chatterley’s Lover, only better written and so risqué it embarrassed public readers.
In 1414, the Sultan of Bengal sent China’s imperial court its first known giraffe, obtained through African connections.
The Chongzhen Emperor hanged himself from a tree in Jingshan Park, ending Ming control of Beijing.
Ming treasure ships, called baochuan, reached about 250 feet, substantially longer than HMS Victory at 186 feet.
When Zhu Di’s troops captured Nanjing in 1402, the young emperor vanished into one of Chinese history’s greatest mysteries.
Zheng He was a castrated male eunuch, trusted for intimate imperial service because he could have no descendants.
Mongol warfare dominated open steppe and plains, but struggled across Southern China’s mountains, rivers, gorges, and lakes.
The Mandate of Heaven could turn a successful overthrow into proof that Heaven had rejected the defeated ruler.
The brick-faced walls and towers visible today are largely a Ming Dynasty creation begun under Yongle and continued by his successors.
Many blue rooftops at the Temple of Heaven date from the Qing dynasty, making them rare in Beijing.
Jesuits living in late-Ming China reshaped Europe’s image of China with glowing reports, translating Confucius into Latin and Euclid into Chinese.
Hongwu chose his grandson Zhu Yunwen as heir while powerful sons commanded private armies across the empire.
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