附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-414) and index.
The Ming empire in ascendancy : The conquest of an empire -- Government -- The army -- The people -- Culture and religion -- Economics ; The Ming empire in decline : Government -- The army -- Economics I -- Economics II -- Ethics and religion -- End of a great empire -- After the fall of Peking ; Conclusion : greatness and weakness of the Ming Dynasty -- Appendix : the influence of the Shui-hu Chuan on contemporary thought.
