Chinese History 10: Ming Dynasty, Major Events, Rise and Fall, A Basic Chinese Reading Book (Simplified Characters, Graded Reader Series Level 2)

The Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), also known as the Great Ming (大明), was the last Chinese ruling dynasty established by the Han nationality. The dynasty had total 16 emperors and ruled China for a total of 276 years. After the collapse of the Yuan dynasty (元朝), the peasant rebel leader Zhu Yuanzhang (朱元璋) founded the Ming dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang ruled China as Emperor Taizu (明太祖) and introduced several socio-economics reforms. In the late Ming dynasty, however, the peasant uprising broke out. In...