Ability and Difference in Early Modern China - A Mongol Family At the Ming Court

"In 1405, a family left their home in the Mongolian steppe and moved to China. Winning recognition for military skill and loyalty at the Ming court, their story demonstrates how the early-modern world's most developed state sought to balance the often-contradictory demands of securing ability and addressing difference"-- Provided by publisher.

List of contents

List of charts; List of maps; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 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.

About the author

David Robinson is Robert H. N. Ho Professor in Asian Studies and Professor of History at Colgate University and author of Korea and the Fall of the Mongol Empire: Alliance, Upheaval, and the Rise of a New East Asian Order (2024).

Product details

• Authors: David Robinson, David (Colgate University Robinson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2025
• EAN: 9781009602020
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0960202-0
• No. of pages: 298
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, military history, Asian History