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Perpetual Happiness: The Ming Emperor Yongle

Paperback – November 14, 2011
by Tsai, Shih-shan Henry
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ISBN-13: 9780295981093 ISBN-10: 0295981091
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Binding
Paperback
Published
November 14, 2011
Weight
1.3 lbs
Dimensions
22.90×1.90×15.20 cm

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Perpetual Happiness: The Ming Emperor Yongle by Tsai, Shih-shan Henry. Paperback edition. ISBN: 9780295981093.

A skillful biography of a figure who might be called Chinas Peter the Great. The son of the founder of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) 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). Yongle was the force behind construction of the Forbidden City, home to himself and the 22 later emperors. -Vancouver Sun