Perpetual Happiness

Shih-Shan Henry Tsai
University of Washington Press
9780295981246
0-295-98124-5

A colorful portrait of the greatest of the Ming emperors. Builder of the Great Wall, Yongle (1368-1644) also moved the capital to Beijing and built the Forbidden City, completed the Grand Canal, strengthened.

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the court bureaucracy, and explored the world.