Ming dynasty literature

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literary work

The first of the two official Chinese histories of the Yuan dynasty, compiled under the direction of Song Lian in the mid-14th century

imperial annals of Ming dynasty emperors

military book from china

thumb|right|300px|The 'divine fire flying crow' (shen huo fei ya), an aerodynamic winged rocket bomb from the Huolongjing

16th century Chinese military manual by Qi Jiguang

1609 Chinese encyclopedia

thumb|Painting in the Hsinchu Tian Hong Temple, featuring a quote from Caigentan. The Caigentan () is a circa 1590 text written by the Ming Dynasty scholar and philosopher Hong Zicheng (). This compilation of aphorisms eclectically combines elements from the Three teachings (Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism), and is comparable with Marcus Aurelius' Meditations or La Rochefoucauld's Maximes.

form of Chinese opera popular in the Ming dynasty and early Qing dynasty

Praise of Islam written by Chinese emperor

book by Li Dongyang

subgenre of Chinese fantasy fiction

The 1615 Zìhuì is a Chinese dictionary edited by the Ming Dynasty scholar Mei Yingzuo (梅膺祚). It is renowned for introducing two lexicographical innovations that continue to be used in the present day: the 214-radical system for indexing Chinese characters, which replaced the classic Shuowen Jiezi dictionary's 540-radical system, and the radical-and-stroke sorting method.

ming dynasty collection of Chinese stories by Qu You

1373 Ming Dynasty text

17th-century book by Xu Guangqi

17th century atlas by Italian Jesuits in China

book by Ma Huan

book written by Yuan Liaofan

1442 memoir by Hồ Nguyên Trừng

Chinese historical work written by Fei Xin

archives of the Qing dynasty

anthology of four short stories

book by Zhu Quan

book by Liu Tong