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Four Seasons: A Ming Emperor and His Grand Secretaries in Sixteenth-Century China By John W. Dardess. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. 287pp. $42.00/£32.00 (Paperback). ISBN: 978-1-4422-6559-2

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Four Seasons: A Ming Emperor and His Grand Secretaries in Sixteenth-Century China By John W. Dardess. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. 287pp. $42.00/£32.00 (Paperback). ISBN: 978-1-4422-6559-2

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Aaron Throness
Aaron Throness*
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Department of History, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z1 E-mail: aaronthroness@alumni.ubc.ca
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International Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , January 2023 , pp. 242 - 247
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Chu, Hung-lam. (1994). “Review of the Chosen One: Succession and Adoption in the Court of Ming Shizong by Carney T. Fisher.” Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 54:1, pp. 266–77.10.2307/2719394CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Dardess, John W. (2013). A Political Life in Ming China: A Grand Secretary and His Times. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.Google Scholar
Dardess, John W. (2012). Ming China 1368–1644: A Concise History of A Resilient Empire. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.Google Scholar
Fisher, Carney T. (1990). The Chosen One: Succession and Adoption in the Court of Ming Shizong. Sydney: Allen & Unwin.Google Scholar
Goodrich, L. Carrington and Fang, Chaoying. (eds.) (1976). Dictionary of Ming Biography, 1368–1644, 2 vols. New York: Columbia University Press.Google Scholar
Hucker, Charles O. (1995). A Dictionary of Official Titles in Imperial China. Taipei: SMC Publishing.Google Scholar
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So, Kwan-wai. (1982). “Grand Secretary Yan Song (1480–1566?): A new Appraisal.” In Essays in the History of China and Chinese-American Relations, eds. So, Kwan-wai and Cohen, Warren I., pp. 1–39. East Lansing: Michigan State University.Google Scholar
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