Perpetual Happiness: The Ming Emperor Yongle

by Shih-Shan Henry Tsai

Book Overview

The reign of Emperor Yongle, or "Perpetual Happiness," was one of the most dramatic and significant in Chinese history. It began with civil war and a bloody coup, saw the construction of the Forbidden City, the completion of the Grand Canal, consolidation of the imperial bureaucracy, and expansion of China's territory into Mongolia, Manchuria, and Vietnam.

Beginning with an hour-by-hour account of one day in Yongle's court, Shih-shan Henry...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295981245
• ISBN13: 9780295981246
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher