Table of Contents

List of tables. Foreword. Acknowledgements Part I A New Analysis of Cultivated Land in the Early Ming PartⅡ The Transformation of the Ming Garrison System in the Qing Part Ⅲ Territorial Administration in the Ming Dynasty Part Ⅳ The "Garrison" Category of Household Registration in the Ming Part V Yongning Guard: A Southeastern Coastal Fortress in the Ming Part VI Military Affairs of the Late Ming Part VII A Guide to the Study of the Ming History Part VIII Forty Years of Studies on the Ming History Afterword. Bibliography. Index

About the Author

The late Professor Gu Cheng was an eminent expert in the Ming History Studies of China, at Beijing Normal University. His books include The History of the Southern Ming and The History of Peasant War in the Late Ming,etc.