John W. Dardess

Four Seasons: A Ming Emperor and His Grand Secretaries in Sixteenth-Century China  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by ksveta6 at July 18, 2019
Four Seasons: A Ming Emperor and His Grand Secretaries in Sixteenth-Century China

Four Seasons: A Ming Emperor and His Grand Secretaries in Sixteenth-Century China by John W. Dardess
2016 | ISBN: 1442265582, 1442265590 | English | 294 pages | PDF | 1 MB
A Ming Society: T’ai-ho County, Kiangsi, in the Fourteenth to Seventeenth Centuries

A Ming Society: T’ai-ho County, Kiangsi, in the Fourteenth to Seventeenth Centuries By John W. Dardess
1997 | 313 Pages | ISBN: 0520204255 | PDF | 30 MB

Ming China, 1368-1644: A Concise History of a Resilient Empire  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by insetes at July 5, 2023
Ming China, 1368-1644: A Concise History of a Resilient Empire

Ming China, 1368-1644: A Concise History of a Resilient Empire By John W. Dardess
2011 | 172 Pages | ISBN: 1442204907 | PDF | 2 MB
Confucianism and Autocracy: Professional Elites in the Founding of the Ming Dynasty

Confucianism and Autocracy: Professional Elites in the Founding of the Ming Dynasty by John W. Dardess
English | 1983 | ISBN: 0520047338 | 400 Pages | PDF | 65.2 MB

This work looks into the Chinese social system for clues to the origin of the Ming autocracy, focusing on the role of Confucian doctrines in the rise of the Ming. He examines the elite stratum within Chinese society and the community of men broadly competent in Confucian learning and specialists that served that polity.