LEADER 02179nam 22005291 450 001 9910464943503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4422-2378-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000000021150 035 $a(EBL)1441836 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001001279 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12446717 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001001279 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10962136 035 $a(PQKB)10597099 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1441836 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1441836 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10774584 035 $a(OCoLC)860711448 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000021150 100 $a20130503h20132013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA political life in Ming China $ea grand secretary and his times /$fJohn W. Dardess 210 1$aLanham :$cRowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.,$d[2013] 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (221 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-4422-2377-4 327 $aA star ascending -- As grand secretary -- The coast -- Chief grand secretary -- Bowing out. 330 $aThis fascinating history uncovers the hidden political world of Ming China, exploring how the most powerful man in mid-sixteenth-century China steered the empire through the worst crises it had ever faced. Distinguished scholar John W. Dardess traces how Chief Grand Secretary Xu Jie rose to power and successfully shepherded the Ming empire through the destructive mid-sixteenth-century raids along its continental and maritime frontiers. He also shows how Xu Jie used the new Confucian thinking of the Wang Yangming school to build a political following, suppress bureaucratic corruptio 606 $aPrime ministers$zChina$vBiography 607 $aChina$xHistory$yMing dynasty, 1368-1644 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPrime ministers 676 $a951/.026 700 $aDardess$b John W.$f1937-$0640435 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464943503321 996 $aA political life in Ming China$91999944 997 $aUNINA