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The History of China

#212 - Ming 7: The Incredible Vanishing Emperor!

The History of China

Chris Stewart

History

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The civil war between the Jianwen Emperor and his uncle, the Prince of Yan, rages on across the realm. Both sides will feel the terror and pain of the fearsome realities combat... but in the end, only one will be left standing. Time Period Covered: 1399-1402 CE Major Historical Figures: The Jianwen Emperor (Zhu Yunwen) [r. 1398-1402] Zhu Di, the Prince of Yan [1360-1424] Minister Huang Zicheng [1350-1402] Minister Qi Tai [d. 1402] Minister Fang Xiaoru [1357-1402] General Geng Bingwen [1334-1403] General Li Jinglong [1369-1424] Major Works Cited: Andrade, Tonio. “How Yongle learned to stop worrying and love the gun” in The Ming World. Chan, Hok-lam. “The Chien-wen, Yung-lo, Hung-hsi, and Hsüan-te Reigns, 1399-1435” in The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 7: The Ming Dynasty, 1368-1633, Part I. Ditmanson, Peter. “Venerating the Martyrs of the 1402 Usurpation: History and Memory in the Mid and late Ming Dynasty” in T’oung Pao, Second Series, Vol. 93. Ditmanson, Peter. “Fang Xiaoru: Moralistic Politics in the Early Ming” in The Human Tradition in Premodern China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Jane loved crisps.

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She ate them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

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Even at fancy-pants restaurants.

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Your crisps, madam.

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Years went by, but then crisps stopped doing it for her.

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They got her thrown out of cinemas.

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And were forever in the bedsheets.

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crisps.

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They're kind of like your current account.

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Just because they were good ones doesn't mean you have to stick with them forever.

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Maybe it's time to switch with the current account switch service.

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Hey all before launching in today.

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I want to take a moment to let you know that the intelligence speech conference is back.

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What is intelligence speech you might be asking?

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Why it's an online conference dedicated to connecting the best independent educational content creators with you are lovely listeners.

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This year's conference is going to take place on April 24th, so in a bit more than a month.

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Starting at 10 a.m. Eastern's time, or 3 p.m. London time, which I think makes it 10 p.m.

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My local time here in Shanghai.

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I, Christopher, will be appearing alongside the likes of David Crowther of the history of England.

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If you went to the last one, you'll kind of already know how it operates.

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