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The 157 pages that link to Ming dynasty, each with the reason it gives.

• Chinese martial artsNarrower topic: Ming-era military manuals document diverse fighting methods and weapons.

• Journey to the WestNarrower topic: The novel took its familiar printed form during the late Ming period.

• Literati paintingNarrower topic: Ming painters and theorists consolidated literati painting into influential lineages and styles.

• Forbidden CityNarrower topic: The Forbidden City was built as the Ming court's principal palace.

• Manila galleonNarrower topic: Chinese manufactures entering Manila connected the galleon trade to a major source of its cargoes.

• Imjin WarNarrower topic: Joseon’s tributary relationship with Ming shaped its appeal for military aid.

• Taiwan under Qing ruleNarrower topic: Ming loyalism gave the Tungning regime a lasting political identity.

• Li ZichengNarrower topic: Li's capture of Beijing ended the dynasty's rule at its capital.

• Yongle EmperorNarrower topic: Yongle’s policies strengthened and transformed the dynasty he ruled.

• Zheng HeNarrower topic: The court financed the voyages and defined their diplomatic purpose.

• Kingdom of TungningNarrower topic: The Zheng regime claimed legitimacy as a continuation of Ming loyalist resistance.

• SuzhouNarrower topic: Many surviving Suzhou gardens and residences took shape or gained prominence in the Ming period.

• Hongwu EmperorNarrower topic: Hongwu established its rule, institutions, and political foundations.

• Nguyễn dynastyNarrower topic: The Nguyễn court adopted regional imperial institutions with long roots in Chinese models.

• Wu SanguiNarrower topic: Wu served the dynasty whose collapse forced his decisive choice in 1644.

• Dong QichangNarrower topic: Dong’s career unfolded amid the late Ming court, scholarly, and commercial worlds.

• Battle of Shanhai PassNarrower topic: The Ming collapse created the military and political crisis that shaped the battle.

• Wang YangmingNarrower topic: Wang’s official career and philosophical debates unfolded within Ming institutions.

• Southern MingNarrower topic: Southern Ming rulers claimed continuity with this dynasty after its Beijing government fell.

• Zheng ChenggongNarrower topic: The dynasty’s fall shaped Zheng’s political identity and armed resistance.

• Chongzhen EmperorNarrower topic: Chongzhen’s accession came during the dynasty’s final decades.

• Grand SecretariatNarrower topic: The Secretariat operated within the Ming court and its changing institutions.

• KoxingaNarrower topic: Koxinga’s claim to legitimacy rested on loyalty to the fallen dynasty.

• Matteo RicciNarrower topic: Ricci's work unfolded within Ming institutions and the political world of its late reign.

• KunquNarrower topic: Kunqu took shape and gained prominence during the Ming period.

• Investiture of the GodsNarrower topic: The novel took shape in the literary culture associated with the Ming period.

• Jingnan campaignNarrower topic: The campaign was a succession war within the dynasty’s founding generations.

• Tang YinNarrower topic: Tang’s career unfolded during the Ming dynasty’s cultural and commercial expansion.

• Wanli EmperorNarrower topic: Wanli’s reign occupied the dynasty’s late, increasingly strained decades.

• XiamenNarrower topic: Xiamen’s development as a fortified coastal settlement took shape during the dynasty.

• Ming dynasty militaryNarrower topic: The military’s institutions and campaigns served the dynasty’s changing political priorities.

• Shen ZhouNarrower topic: Shen Zhou's career unfolded amid the Ming's literati culture and regional artistic networks.

• Wen ZhengmingNarrower topic: Wen Zhengming’s career unfolded amid the Ming dynasty’s prosperous cultural life.

• Jiajing EmperorNarrower topic: Jiajing’s reign was one episode in the dynasty’s long arc toward political and fiscal strain.

• Shanhai PassNarrower topic: The surviving pass defenses largely reflect Ming-era construction and rebuilding.

• Yuan ChonghuanNarrower topic: Yuan served a dynasty struggling to defend its northern borders and maintain political control.

• Shun dynastyNarrower topic: The Shun regime arose as Ming authority disintegrated.

• Temple of HeavenNarrower topic: The complex was founded under Ming rule in the early fifteenth century.

• The Peony PavilionNarrower topic: The play’s language, institutions, and theatrical world emerged in the late Ming.

• Transition from Ming to QingNarrower topic: Its weakening institutions and divided armies shaped the conditions of its fall.

• Zhang JuzhengNarrower topic: The institutions and fiscal pressures he sought to reform belonged to the Ming state.

• Zhang XianzhongNarrower topic: Its late political and fiscal crises created openings for Zhang’s rebellion.

• Hongzhi EmperorNarrower topic: The Hongzhi Emperor governed this dynasty during its middle period.

• YangmingismNarrower topic: Yangmingism developed amid the dynasty’s intellectual and political institutions.

• Zhu YunmingNarrower topic: Zhu’s career belongs to the cultural world of this dynasty.

• Chenghua EmperorNarrower topic: The Chenghua reign was one period in the dynasty's nearly three-century rule.

• Jiayu PassNarrower topic: The dynasty built and maintained the fortifications that define Jiayu Pass.

• Jingtai EmperorNarrower topic: Jingtai's accession and succession struggle unfolded within Ming imperial institutions.

• Li ShizhenNarrower topic: Li Shizhen lived and worked during this period of Chinese history.

• Wu Cheng'enNarrower topic: Wu Cheng'en lived and wrote within this dynasty’s literary and political culture.