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The Ming Dynasty
The Ming Dynasty was founded by Zhu Yuanzhang, a former Buddist monk who became leader of a band of peasant rebels. Suffering greatly under Mongol rule, Zhu eventually came to reconquer most of China and claim himself the “Hongwu Emperor.” Once again, China’s gorvernance was restored to the great population. Under the Hongwu emperor, there was a revival of the examination system ensure that Chinese schoarship was of the highest caliber, and that merit played role in advancement. Members of the scholar-gentry were again appointed to the highest posts in the Imperial government. Throughout the Ming dynasty, arts and literature flourished. There was a great revival of traditional Han “Chinese” culture. At this point the Chinese were so proud of Ming culture that there waas a general sense of nationalism was so profound that, by the early 1430’s, it was a factor causing the cessation of the famous Zhenghe seaborne expeditions, an effort to explore several other parts of the known world. The Ming dynasty was the last native imperial dynasty in Chinese history. Sandwiched between two foriegn dynasties, the Ming stand one last attempt to hold Chinese government in native hands. Humiliated and oppressed by the foriegn rule of the Mongols, the Ming dynasty rises up out of a peasant rebellion to preside over the greatist economic and social revolution in China before the modern period. The Ming are also the fir... Please login to view comments from other users.
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