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Really, nothing of great significance happened in 1587, the Year of the Pig. China was not facing a foreign invasion, nor was the country engulfed in a civil war. Even though the capital district did not have sufficient rain during the summer and epidemics broke out in those months, and though drought was reported in Shantung, and flood in.Peter Hessler recommended 1587, A Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline at the end of his book River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze. I enjoyed River Town so much I thought 1587 would also be interesting. The structure of the book 1587 is good enough. Ray Huang selects one year during the Ming Dynasty and tells us its history by.Stanford Libraries' official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more.
In 1587, the Year of the Pig, nothing very special happened in China. Yet in the seemingly unspectacular events of this ordinary year, Ray Huang finds exemplified the roots of China's perennial inability to adapt to change. With fascinating accounts of the lives of seven prominent officials, he fashions a remarkably vivid portrayal of the court and the ruling class of late imperial China.Find 9780300028843 1587, a Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline by Huang at over 30 bookstores. Buy, rent or sell.
Unsourced tag. Sorry, but is there something specific or just the whole thing in general? I just want to know where to start.--little Alex 21:45, 21 October 2009 (UTC).
