{"id":16440,"date":"2023-10-29T01:36:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T20:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=16440"},"modified":"2025-04-04T09:24:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T03:54:25","slug":"ming-dynasty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ming-dynasty\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts about Ming Dynasty"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Ming Dynasty<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Ming Dynasty\u00a0ruled China from A.D. 1368 to 1644.<\/li>\n<li>Known for its trade expansion to the outside world that established cultural ties with the West, the Ming Dynasty is also\u00a0remembered for its drama, literature, and\u00a0world-renowned porcelain.<\/li>\n<li>The Ming dynasty, which\u00a0succeeded the Yuan (Mongol) dynasty\u00a0(1206\u20131368), was\u00a0founded by a commoner, Zhu Yuanzhang\u00a0(1328\u20131398), who\u00a0established Nanjing as his capital.<\/li>\n<li>However, nearly fifty years later, the\u00a0third Ming emperor relocated the\u00a0capital to Beijing, which has\u00a0remained China\u2019s main seat of government ever since.<\/li>\n<li>Governmental Structure:\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0basic governmental structure established\u00a0by the Ming was\u00a0continued by the subsequent Qing\u00a0(Manchu)\u00a0dynasty and\u00a0lasted until the\u00a0imperial institution was abolished in 1911\/12.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0civil service system was perfected\u00a0during the Ming and then became stratified; almost all the\u00a0top Ming officials entered the bureaucracy by passing a\u00a0government\u00a0examination.<\/li>\n<li>Affairs in each province\u00a0were\u00a0handled by three agencies,\u00a0each reporting to separate bureaus\u00a0in the central government.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0position of prime minister was abolished. Instead, the\u00a0emperor took over personal control of the government, ruling\u00a0with the assistance of the especially appointed\u00a0Neige, or Grand Secretariat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Achievements:\n<ul>\n<li>The period witnessed\u00a0unprecedented economic and cultural expansion and the near\u00a0doubling of China\u2019s population.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Notable Ming\u00a0achievements include the\u00a0refurbishment of the Great Wall to its greatest glory,\u00a0large naval expeditions,\u00a0vibrant maritime trade, and the rise of a\u00a0heavily monetized economy.<\/li>\n<li>Vital\u00a0cultural achievements\u00a0included the\u00a0production of exceptional\u2014and often colorful\u2014porcelains, paintings, lacquers, and textiles.<\/li>\n<li>The Ming Dynasty\u00a0saw a publishing boom in China, with an avalanche of affordable\u00a0books being produced for commoners.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Collapse:\n<ul>\n<li>The last century of the Ming, however, was besieged\u00a0by border troubles, crop failure, fiscal instability, and court corruption,\u00a0leading to an\u00a0overthrow by Manchu invaders from the north,\u00a0who took Beijing in 1644.<\/li>\n<li>The Ming were succeeded by the Qing (Manchu) dynasty (1644-1911).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is porcelain?<\/h3>\n<p>Porcelain is a material made from well-chosen porcelain clay or pottery stone through technological processes like proportioning, molding, drying and firing. Although porcelain developed from pottery, the two are different in raw material, glaze and firing temperature; compared with pottery, porcelain has tougher texture, more transparent body and finer luster.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/world-news\/xi-jinping-news-china-news-book-critical-of-ming-emperor-recalled-xi-jinping-didnt-like-it-because-101698056035063.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Book critical of Ming emperor recalled. Xi Jinping didn&#8217;t like it because\u2026<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ming Dynasty ruled China from A.D. 1368 to 1644.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":16441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16440","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}