Perpetual Happiness: The Ming Emperor Yongle - Softcover

Tsai, Shih-shan Henry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0295981091 ISBN 13: 9780295981093

Publisher: University of Washington Press, 2011

Synopsis

A skillful biography of a figure who might be called China's Peter the Great. The son of the founder of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) removed the capital to Beijing, built the Great Wall, finished the Grand Canal, and made the court bureaucracy even more powerful and efficient, all the while encouraging exploration abroad (and putting down rebellion at home). Yongle was the force behind construction of the Forbidden City, home to himself and the 22 later emperors. -Vancouver Sun

About this title

Book Description:

The first comprehensive portrait of a dynamic Chinese emperor who laid many of the bureaucratic foundations of modern China.

From the Back Cover:

"Yongle traveled with an entourage of government officials and courtiers and logistical personnel that make American presidential trips look puny--and the Emperor always took with him 10,000 cavalry soldiers and 40,000 foot soldiers. Yongle, in short, never did anything in a small way." -- Nicholas D. Kristof, (New York Times)

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0295981091
• ISBN 13: 9780295981093
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 292