Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty (PDF)

"e;Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty (set of 2 volumes)"e; includes two volumes. Zhu Yuanzhang can be said to be the most successful historical figuresa He was born of poor family. His parents died at his early age and he became an orphan. He grew up from the little cowboy, the beggar, little monk. Through unremitting struggle he ultimately become an unified dynasty's founding emperor. Moreover, after he became an emperor, he did not stop there. During the thirty-one year of his reign, he was succeeded in establishing a strong unified the Ming Empire. So he got the praise of "e;De Wei Zui Zheng"e;, "e;Zhi Long Tang Song"e; (Qing Dynasty Emperor Kangxi's evaluation).However, Zhu Yuanzhang is also a character with so complicated contradictions, not a few simple words can be concluded: he slays the hero, but he also severely punish corrupt officials; he is the cultural despotism against reading, but he was extremely concerned about the sufferings of the people, the implementation of the policies he advocated recuperate and build up strength; selection of talent to see the actual work ability, but he also established a set of imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty; He built millions of army which have fiscal burden to the country, but he also created a set of Tun Tian method to reduce the burden of the people; he was an Chinese historic grim emperor, but he was more like a country man, silently enjoying the passions of the world.How did Zhu Yuanzhang achieve success? How his glorious empire was built? Did his killing devoid of reason? Shang Chuan professor uses 36 lessons to talk about the contents of Zhu Yuanzhang's life behavior, his gains and losts of managing the country especially provide much material for our thinking.