title: Chronicle of the Chinese Emperors: The Reign-By-Reign Record of the Rulers of Imperial China (Chronicles)
author:  Ann Paludan 
description: Ann Paludan, who was educated at Oxford, lived in Beijing from 1972 to 1976, and returns regularly to China on extensive research trips. Her other books include The Imperial Ming Tombs and The Chinese Spirit Road.
zlib_text: contents
  Illustrations follow page 80
  List of Maps   ix
  Acknowledgments   xi
  Preface   xiii
  1 / A Day in the Life of Yongle’s Court: February 23, 1423   3
  2 / The Formative Years, 1360–1382   20
  3 / The Years of Waiting, 1382–1398   37
  4 / The Years of Successional Struggle, 1398–1402   57
  5 / The Years of Reconstruction: Government 
  and Politics, 1402–1420   77
  6 / The Years of Rehabilitation: Society 
  and Economy, 1402–1421   104
  7 / The Emperor of Culture   129
  8 / Yongle and the Mongols   148
  9 / The Price of Glory   178
  vii
  
  10 / Epilogue   209
  Appendix: The Children of Emperor Hongwu   215
  Notes   217
  Glossary of Chinese Characters   237
  Bibliography   245
  Index   257
  contents
  viii
  
  maps
  1. Yongle’s Empire, 1403–1424
  18
  2. Beijing and Its Vicinity during Yongle’s Reign
  34
  3. Ending the Civil War, 1402
  68
  4. Yongle’s First Personal Campaign, 1410
  168
  5. Yongle’s Fourth Personal Campaign, 1423
  175
  ix
  
  acknowledgments
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  or their help in gathering the source materials for this book, 