Concept
Ming dynasty
Overview
imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644
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Seven or eight li to the west of the city there is what is called the King's new monastery, the building of which took eighty years, and extended over three reigns. It may be two hundred and fifty cubits in height, rich in elegant carving and inlaid work, covered above with gold and silver, and finished throughout with a combination of all the precious substances.
Confucius, Chinese literature
States what Ming dynasty is; the author is tied to Ming dynasty in the knowledge graph.
Nothing is known of the authorship of these stories, or the time in which they are written. Each story is accompanied by its commentary, and probably the stories themselves originated during the Ming dynasty (A.D. 1368-1644), the commentaries belonging mostly to the latter years of that dynasty. The period dealt with in these tales is a very wide one, and ranges from the time of the great Emperor Shun (_circa_ 2300…
Confucius, The book of filial duty
The author is tied to Ming dynasty in the knowledge graph; names Ming dynasty.
The position of the Emperor at this time, and for the next 500 years, was similar to that of the King of France during those parts of the Middle Ages when his authority was at its lowest ebb. Chinese history consists of a series of dynasties, each strong at first and weak afterwards, each gradually losing control over subordinates, each followed by a period of anarchy (sometimes lasting for centuries), and…
Bertrand Russell, The Problem of China
Close in meaning to Ming dynasty; the term itself is not named.
Philosophers who discussed Ming dynasty
- Wang Fuzhi
- Zhuangzi (book)
- Zhu Xi
- Yi Hwang
- Han Yu
- Bodhidharma
- Confucius
- Wang Yangming
- Detective fiction
- Yan Hui
- Yi I
- Huang Zongxi
- Li Zhi (philosopher)
- Wang Gen
- Fujiwara Seika
- Nguyễn Trãi
- Zhan Ruoshui
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- Johannes Kepler
- John Milton
- Luoyang
- Beijing
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- Mongolia
- Yuan dynasty
- Mencius
- Gelug
- Western world
- Chinese Buddhism
- University of California Press
- Journey to the West
- Philippines
- Ptolemy
- Mongol Empire
- Tibetic languages
- Euclid's Elements
- Zhu Xi
- Heliocentrism
Place in the tradition
Part of Chinese philosophy.