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Perpetual Happiness
Perpetual Happiness The Ming Emperor Yongle
SHIH-SHAN HENRY TSAI
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
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