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The emperors of the Ming dynasty, who were all members of the House of Zhu, ruled over China proper from 1368 to 1644 during the late imperial era of China (960–1912). ). Members of the Ming dynasty continued to rule a series of rump states in southern China, commonly known as the Southern Ming, until 1662; the Ming dynasty succeeded the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty and preceded the Manchu-led Qing d
Ming forces conquer Shanxi and Li Siqi flees to Lintao [23] 21 May: Li Siqi surrenders to Ming forces [23] 23 May: Ming forces capture Lanzhou [23] 8 June: Ming forces capture Pingliang [23] 20 July: Ming forces capture Shangdu [23] 22 September: Ming forces capture Qingyang [23] Construction of the Central Capital (Fengyang) begins [24]
However, he faced opposition from the "Earlier Seven Masters of the Ming"—Li Mengyang, He Jingming (何景明), Bian Gong (邊貢), Wang Tingxiang (王廷相), Kang Hai, Wang Jiusi and Xu Zhenqing (徐禎卿). All of them, except for Xu Zhenqing, was from northern China and were heavily influenced by Li Mengyang.
According to the official records of Tang dynasty, the Li family was paternally descended from the famous Daoist sage Laozi (whose personal name was Li Dan or Li Er), [3] as well as the Qin Dynasty General Li Xin and the Han dynasty General Li Guang, [4] [5] and Li Gao, the ethnic Han ruler of Western Liang dynasty.
Zhu Yijun, the future Wanli Emperor, was born on 4 September 1563 to Zhu Zaiji, the heir to the throne of the Ming dynasty, and one of his concubines, Lady Li.He had two older brothers, both of whom died in early childhood before 1563, and a younger brother, Zhu Yiliu (朱翊鏐; 1568–1614), who was created Prince of Lu in 1571.
The Mongol-led Yuan dynasty (1279–1368) ruled before the establishment of the Ming dynasty. Alongside institutionalized ethnic discrimination against the Han people that stirred resentment and rebellion, other explanations for the Yuan's demise included overtaxing areas hard-hit by crop failure, inflation, and massive flooding of the Yellow River as a result of the abandonment of irrigation ...
By the mid-Ming era, it existed only as a formal tax registration system, [57] and in the 16th century, the li took on the character of a territorial unit, merging with the counties. [69] From the mid-Ming period, [74] the baojia (保甲) system ran parallel to the lijia system, with ten households forming a jia and ten jia forming a bao.
The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming was the last imperial dynasty of China ruled by the Han people , the majority ethnic group in China.