Early Ming Government: The Evolution of Dual Capitals Book

Foreword

Preface

I. The Ming Empire

The Shape of the Ming Empire

The Northern Border

Northern Domination

The Regime and Its Capital

II. The Founding, 1355-1379

Chu Yuan-chang

Early Capitals

Nanking

Early Government-Passive Northern Defense

III. Instability, 1380-1402

Institutional Changes

Active Northern Defense

Ching-nan: Civil War

IV. Consolidation of Ming Power: The Yung-Lo Era, 1403-1425

Taking Power

Expansion

The Move to Peking

Aftermath

V. The Dual Capital System

Dual Capitals

Frontier Control

Internal Control

VI. The Transition to Peking: Control of Resources

Manpower

Grain Supply

Horses

VII. The Capital as a Power Center

Secondary Capitals

Hsing-tsai and Chien-kuo

Concluding Remarks

Notes

Bibliography

Glossary

Index