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CONTENTS
- List of Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- 1 / A Day in the Life of Yongle’s Court: February 23, 1423
- 2 / The Formative Years, 1360–1382
- 3 / The Years of Waiting, 1382–1398
- 4 / The Years of Successional Struggle, 1398–1402
- 5 / The Years of Reconstruction: Government and Politics, 1402–1420
- 6 / The Years of Rehabilitation: Society and Economy, 1402–1421
- 7 / The Emperor of Culture
- 8 / Yongle and the Mongols
- 9 / The Price of Glory
- 10 / Epilogue
- Appendix: The Children of Emperor Hongwu
- Illustrations
- Notes
- Glossary of Chinese Characters
- Bibliography
- Index