ming dynasty, 1368-1644

Type: 
Geographic Name
Subfield: 
y
Alias: 
ming dynasty, 1368-1644

Shen and the Treasure Fleet

2007
Teenager Shen and his younger sister, Chang, seek refuge with a troupe of traveling acrobats after they are separated from their parents, and eventually join the Treasure Fleet of the new Emperor in hopes that it would keep them out of harm's way.

1421

the year China discovered America
2003

Zheng He

China and the oceans in the early Ming dynasty, 1405-1433
2006

Dangerous women

warriors, grannies, and geishas of the Ming
1999

The examination

1996
Fifteen-year-old Hong and his older brother Chen face famine, flood, pirates, and jealous rivals on their journey through fifteenth century China as Chen pursues his calling as a scholar and Hong becomes involved with a secret society known as the White Lotus.

Peony in love

a novel
2008
In post-Ming dynasty China, Peony, a young girl betrothed to someone she has never met, observes a handsome man while hidden from view at a performance of the opera "The Peony Pavilion"--a work that has compelled young Chinese women to starve themselves to death--and, dead at sixteen, begins a transformative journey as a "hungry ghost.".

Bound

2004
In a novel based on Chinese Cinderella tales, fourteen-year-old stepchild Xing-Xing endures a life of neglect and servitude, as her stepmother cruelly mutilates her own child's feet so that she alone might marry well.

Peony in love

a novel
2007
In post-Ming dynasty China, Peony, a young girl betrothed to someone she has never met, observes a handsome man while hidden from view at a performance of the opera "The Peony Pavilion"--a work that has compelled young Chinese women to starve themselves to death--and, dead at sixteen, begins a transformative journey as a "hungry ghost.".

Bound

2005
Young Xing Xing is bound to a life of hard work and servitude to her step-mother and step-sister until she happens to meet a prince at a festival.

The glory and fall of the Ming dynasty

1982
A study of the Ming Dynasty in China from 1368 to 1644, describing the Ming governmental, economic, and social structure that brought the empire to its zenith, and discussing the corruption, divisiveness, and other factors that led to its downfall.

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - ming dynasty, 1368-1644