Book contents
- Ability and Difference in Early Modern China
- Ability and Difference in Early Modern China
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures, Maps, and Tables
- Preface
- Emperors of the Ming Dynasty
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Additional material
- 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
- References
- Index
3 - The Sovereign’s Man
Wu Jin 吳瑾 (1449–61)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 September 2025
Book contents
- Ability and Difference in Early Modern China
- Ability and Difference in Early Modern China
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures, Maps, and Tables
- Preface
- Emperors of the Ming Dynasty
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Additional material
- 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
- References
- Index
Summary
Using Wu Jin’s tenure as Marquis of Gongshun from 1449 to 1461, this chapter explores issues of ability and difference in a time of upheaval at the Ming court. It traces the Wu family as it shifted from immigrant family at the empire’s western edge to members of the capital elite. The chapter also explores the divergent experiences of other Mongolians and merit noble families within the Ming polity.
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- Ability and Difference in Early Modern ChinaA Mongol Family at the Ming Court, pp. 60 - 81Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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