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Recent Works of Xu Bidong
The author of this work was Xu Fenpeng (1560–1642), also known by his literary name, Bidong. The work was printed by Yu Zhixiao during the Wanli reign (1572–1620) and contains 200 or so entries, in...
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Teachings of the Confucian School in Shanxi Province
This work was written by Wen Xiangfeng (1577–1642), an official in the late Ming period. He received his jin shi degree in 1610 and held many positions, among them assistant commissioner of Shanxi...
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Metropolitan Civil Examination Records from the 23rd Year of the Chenghua...
This work is a collection of civil examination records dated the 23rd year of the Chenghua reign of the Ming dynasty (1487). The civil examination system in China officially began in the first half of...
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Zhejiang Provincial Civil Examination Records
This book is a collection of civil examination records from Zhejiang Province, dated the eighth year of the Zhengde reign (1513) of the Ming dynasty. The civil examination system in China officially...
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Ceremonial Etiquette for the Newly Appointed Officials
Xin guan dao ren yi zhu (Ceremonial etiquette for the newly appointed officials) is a Ming edition of two juan, in two volumes, on ceremonies and rules for new officials. The author is unknown, but...
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Factual Records on Huaiyin
Huaiyin, also known as Huai’an, was a prefectural city in Jiangsu Province, situated on an ancient section of the Grand Canal and the Huai River, major waterways for transporting grain. The Huai...
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Genealogy of the Bi Family of Xin'an
Chinese genealogical works are historical records that document a patriarchal clan’s pedigree and the deeds and events associated with the clan. Included are names of the person, or persons,...
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Metropolitan Civil Examination Records from the Sixth Year of the Hongzhi...
This is a collection of civil examination records in two juan, in four volumes, dated the sixth year (1493) of the Hongzhi reign (1488–1505). The civil examination system in China began in the first...
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Metropolitan Civil Examination Records from the 7th Year of the Tianshun...
This work is a collection of civil examination records dated the seventh year (1463) of the Tianshun reign (1457–64). The civil examination system in China began in the first half of the seventh...
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Gazetteer of Yicheng
Gazetteers provide in-depth information and sources for the study of Chinese history, geography, local economy, culture, language and dialects, biographies, as well as the administration of local...
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Four Novels Vying for Glamor
During the Ming dynasty, the production of block-printed novels in workshops flourished and the earliest professional community of novelists was born. Deng Zhimo, who lived in the late 16th...
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Yunnan Provincial Civil Examination Materials
This work is a collection of Yunnan provincial civil examination records, in one juan and four volumes, dated the 34th year (1555) of the Jiajing reign (1522–66) of the Ming dynasty. The civil...
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Guizhou Provincial Civil Examination Records
This is a collection of Guizhou provincial civil examination records dated the 25th year (1546) of the Jiajing reign (1522–66) of the Ming dynasty. The civil examination system in China began in the...
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Thickets of Poetic Criticism
The author Hu Yinglin (1551–1602) was one of the most prominent scholars of the late Ming period. His contributions cover a wide range of fields, such as historiography, literary criticism of novels...
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Collected Civil Examination Papers of the Qi Family of Shouyang
This is a manuscript collection of essays and poems by 12 members of the Qi family over several generations, written during their competitions for the ju ren and jin shi degrees. It was compiled by Qi...
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Miscellaneous Works of Zou Deyong
The author of this work was Zou Deyong, a native of Anfu, Jiangxi Province, grandson of Zou Shouyi (1491–1562). The elder Zou was one of the exponents of the school of Wang Yangming, the Neo-Confucian...
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Memorials from Luo Shan
Luo Shan zou shu (Memorials from Luo Shan) is a collection written by Zhang Fujing (1475–1539), whose original name was Zhang Cong. The pronunciation of Cong was the same as that of Emperor Jiajing’s...
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Inscriptions of the Tomb Tablets of the Yan Family of Wuxing
Wuxing Yan shi chuan jia wan yan lu (Inscriptions of the tomb tablets of the Yan family of Wuxing) is a handwritten copy, by Yan Qifeng of Wuxing, Zhejiang Province, of an original with a different...
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Military Penal Codes in Xuanyun Region: Public Notices
The prefaces to this work, written by two contemporaries, Wang Shiqi (1551–1618), a military strategist, and Du Chengshi (who gained his jin shi degree in 1601), an official at the Bureau of Justice,...
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Memorials of Zhao Wenhua on Quelling the Pirates
This work is a collection of 28 memorials by Zhao Wenhua (died 1557), a high official in the late Ming period, later disgraced. According to his biography in Ming shi (Ming history), Zhao received his...
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