Dictionary of Ming Biography, 1368-1644

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Dictionary of Ming Biography, 1368-1644 is written by Association for Asian Studies. Ming Biographical History Project Committee and published by Columbia University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 023103833X (ISBN 10) and 9780231038331 (ISBN 13).

Based largely upon original Ming documents, the Dictionary explores the lives of nearly 650 representative figures, both Chinese and foreign, who influenced the course of almost three hundred years of Chinese history. The articles span all classes, professions, and fields of endeavor, from emperors to artists, soldiers to missionaries, concubines, physicians, and pirates.