#明 — Public Fediverse posts

#DOTD: Zheng Chenggong 鄭成功 (1624–62), better known as Koxinga 國姓爺, a Ming #明 loyalist who resisted the Qing #清 conquest of #China and established his own kingdom in #Taiwan #台灣.

#OTD in 1626 in #ChineseHistory: the Wanggongchang Explosion 王恭廠大爆炸 in Beijing #北京, capital of the #Ming #明 (1368–1644), which reportedly killed 20,000 people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanggongchang_Explosion

#DOTD: Zhu Gaochi 朱高熾 (left, 1378–1425, Renzong 仁宗, r. 1424/12/8–1425/5/29), the Hongxi 洪熙 Emperor. Succeeding his father @Imperial_Yongle, his reign and that of his son, Zhu Zhanji 朱瞻基 (1399–1435, r. 1425–35), are considered the golden age of the #Ming #明. #仁宣之治

minister of the #Ming #明 who played a decisive role in the Defense of Beijing 京師保衛戰 of 1449, when Oirat Mongols under Esen 也先 besieged Beijing 北京 after capturing the Zhengtong 正統 Emperor at the Battle at Tumu 土木堡.

#DOTD: Matteo Ricci 利瑪竇 (1552–1610), #Italian #Jesuit in #Ming #明 #China. Converting #Chinese literati by convincing them #Christianity was not in conflict with #Confucian tenets such as #filialpiety #孝, he also translated Euclid's Elements and wrote in #LiteraryChinese.

#DOTD in #ChineseHistory: Kong Shangren #孔尚任 (1648–1718), #Qing #清 (1644–1911) playwright, author of The Peach Blossom Fan #桃花扇, which is set during the fall of the #Ming #明 (1368–1644) and has been called '#China's greatest #historicaldrama'. #LateImperialChina #theatre

#BOTD in #ChineseHistory: Xu Xiake 徐霞客 (1587–1641), pioneer #geographer who travelled late #Ming #明 #China and left an enormous oeuvre, comprising almost half a million characters #漢字 and compiled in the Travel Records of Xu Xiake 徐霞客游记. #geography #spatialhistory