1587: A Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline
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1587, a Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline (Chinese: Wan Li Shi Wu Nian ; pinyin: Wanli Shiwunian) is Chinese historian Ray Huang's most famous work. First published by Yale University Press in 1981,[1] it examines how a number of seemingly insignificant events in 1587 might have caused the downfall of the Ming empire. The views expressed in the book follow the macro history perspective.
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