In 1405, a family left their home in the Mongolian steppe and moved to China. Winning recognition for military skill and loyalty at the Ming court, their story demonstrates how the early-modern world's most developed state sought to balance the often contradictory demands of securing ability and addressing difference.
In 1405, a family left their home in the Mongolian steppe and moved to China. Winning recognition for military skill and loyalty at the Ming court, their story demonstrates how the early-modern world's most developed state sought to balance the often contradictory demands of securing ability and addressing difference.
David Robinson is Robert H. N. Ho Professor in Asian Studies and Professor of History at Colgate University and author of Korea and the Fall of the Mongol Empire: Alliance, Upheaval, and the Rise of a New East Asian Order (2024).
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List of charts List of maps Preface Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction 1. An age of decisions 2. Dying for his lord 3. The sovereign's man 4. Educating the entitled 5. Representing the emperor 6. Far from home 7. Patronage, assessment and power 8. Holding against the storming 9. Turning every page 10. Seizing fortune Conclusion.
List of charts List of maps Preface Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction 1. An age of decisions 2. Dying for his lord 3. The sovereign's man 4. Educating the entitled 5. Representing the emperor 6. Far from home 7. Patronage, assessment and power 8. Holding against the storming 9. Turning every page 10. Seizing fortune Conclusion.
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