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− | *''Chinese'': 明實錄 ''(Ming shi lu)'' | + | *''Chinese'': 明實錄 ''(Míng shí lù)'' |
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− | The ''Ming shi lu'', or "Veritable Records of the Ming Dynasty," is a compilation of accounts of the reigns of each emperor of the Chinese [[Ming Dynasty]]. | + | The ''Míng shí lù'', or "Veritable Records of the Ming Dynasty," is a compilation of accounts of the reigns of each emperor of the Chinese [[Ming Dynasty]]. |
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− | Totalling nearly 40,000 pages of Classical Chinese in the original manuscripts, the ''Ming shi lu'' is one of the chief primary sources on Ming history, along with the ''[[Ming shi]]'', or "Official History of the Ming Dynasty." | + | Totalling nearly 40,000 pages of Classical Chinese in the original manuscripts, the ''Míng shí lù'' is one of the chief primary sources on Ming history, along with the ''[[Ming shi|Míng shǐ]]'' 明史, or "Official History of the Ming Dynasty." |
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− | While each volume of the ''Ming shi lu'' was written shortly after the end of the reign it covers, the ''Ming shi'' was compiled a century after the fall of the Ming, from Ming period sources such as the ''Ming shi lu''. | + | While each volume of the ''Míng shí lù'' was written shortly after the end of the reign it covers, the ''Míng shǐ'' was compiled a century after the fall of the Ming, from Ming period sources such as the ''Míng shí lù''. |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |