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	Yongle Emperor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Yongle Emperor (May 2, 1360 – August 12, 1424), born Zhu Di, was the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty of China from 1402 to 1424.
		The Yongle Emperor is buried in the Changling (長陵) tomb, the central and largest mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty Tombs.
		Emperor Yongle was born Zhu Di on May 2nd, 1360 (mother unknown) to a monk and future emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yongle_Emperor_of_China (2023 words)

	Encyclopedia: Emperor-of-China
		The emperor or huangdi (çå¸ in pinyin: huang2 di4) of China was the head of government and head of state of China from the Qin dynasty in 221 B.C. until the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1911.
		Wanli Emperor of the Ming, Guangxu Emperor of the Qing).
		As the Emperor usually has a large number of sons, it was generally not possible for a female to succeed to the throne.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Emperor_of_China (2855 words)

	Yongle Encyclopedia [Definition] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Yongle Encyclopedia or Yongle Dadian (永樂大典) was commissioned by the Chinese Ming Dynasty The Ming Dynasty (Chinese: 明朝; Pinyin: míng cháo) was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, though claims to the Ming throne (now collectively called the Southern Ming) survived until 1662.
		[click for more] emperor Yongle The Yongle Emperor (May 2, 1360–August 12, 1424), born Zhu Di, was the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty of China from 1402 to 1424.
		In 1557, under the supervision of the emperor Jiajing, the Encyclopaedia was narrowly saved from being destroyed by a fire which burnt down three palaces in the Forbidden City.
	www.wikimirror.com /Yongle_Encyclopedia (1392 words)

	Zheng He - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Zheng He was a Muslim eunuch who served as a close confidant of the Yongle Emperor of China (reigned 1403–1424), the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
		By the mid-15th century, a princess of China, Princess Hang Li Po (or Hang Liu) was sent by the Emperor of China to marry the King of Malacca (Sultan Mansur Shah).
		His successor, the Hongxi Emperor (reigned 1424–1425), decided to curb the influence of the eunuchs at court.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Zheng_He (1239 words)

	Yongle Emperor - Wikpedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Yongle Emperor (May 2, 1360–August 12, 1424), born Zhu Di, was the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty of China from 1402 to 1424.
		Yongle was in a life-long pursuit of power, prestige, and glory.
		Yongle's economic, educational, and military reforms provided unrivaled benefits for the people, but his despotic style of government gave them no room to breathe.
	www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=Yongle_Emperor_of_China (1930 words)

	Encyclopedia article on History of China [EncycloZine] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		China is the world's oldest continuous major civilization, with written records dating back about 3,500 years and with 5,000 years being commonly used by Chinese as the age of their civilization.
		Emperor Guangwu of Han China reinstated the Han dynasty with the support of land-holding and merchant families at Luoyang, east of Xian; hence the new era is termed the Eastern Han Dynasty.
		Emperor Kangxi commanded the most complete dictionary of Chinese characters ever put together at the time, and under Emperor Qianlong, the compilation of a catalogue of all important works on Chinese culture was made.
	encyclozine.com /History_of_China (4105 words)

	China History Forum, online chinese history forum > Yongle Emperor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Emperor Yong-le also mounted five military expedition into mongolia and totally crush the remnants of the yuan dynasty that fled to the north after got defeated by first emperor of the ming dynasty.He make mongolia into chinese tributary and all the tribes in mongolia must submit to him and proclaimed themselves vassal.
		Aug 23 2004, 04:25 PM The Yongle Emperor of China was the third ruler in the Ming Dynasty, from 1403 to 1424.
		The pretext was that the military escort was disrespectful to the late Emperor and to the new Emperor.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /lofiversion/index.php/t784.html (6868 words)

	Newswise
		From 1402 to 1424, Yongle not only collected and preserved the riches of Chinese culture, but he also looked outward, establishing diplomatic and trade relations with foreign nations and launching six large-scale expeditions to explore the world.
		Yongle needed the support of his Confucian court to maintain power, but in order to fulfill his desire for expansion and exploration, he had to ensure they didn't gain too much control.
		Yongle assembled his top scholars into a Grand Secretariat, a group whose specific responsibilities included advising the emperor, helping him draft decrees and formulate policy.
	www.newswise.com /articles/view?id=YONGLE.UAR (897 words)

	Yongle Encyclopedia - Chinese Dictionary - Chinese
		The Yongle Encyclopedia or Yongle Dadian (永樂大典) was commissioned by the ChinaChinese Ming Dynasty emperor Yongle Emperor of ChinaYongle in 1403.
		In 1557, under the supervision of the Jiajing Emperor of Chinaemperor Jiajing, the Encyclopaedia was narrowly saved from being destroyed by a fire which burnt down three palaces in the Forbidden City.
		Some think that the Encyclopedia in fact disappeared at the death of Jiajing, having being taken by the emperor to his grave, and they believe that it will yet be found hidden in the tomb complex of Yongling.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Yongle_Encyclopedia (477 words)

	Beijing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The modern day capital of China is Beijing (literally "Northern Capital"), which first served as China's capital city in 1261, when the Mongol ruler Kublai Khan established his seat of power in the area centered around what is today Beihai Park.
		China's emperors governed from the Forbidden City and rarely ventured outside the palace grounds.
		The City is divided into three parts, the outer court, where the emperor received senior officials and conducted affairs of state, the inner court, where the emperor lived with his family, and the Imperial Garden, where the family spent most of their leisure time.
	clinton3.nara.gov /WH/New/China/beijing.html (449 words)

	Yongle Emperor of China: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Yongle Emperor of China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Yongle Emperor of China: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Yongle Emperor of China
		The Yongle (永樂) Emperor of China was the third ruler in the Ming Dynasty, from 1403 to 1424.
		His era name was Yongle (also Yung-lo in Wade-Giles).
	www.encyclopedian.com /yo/Yongle-Emperor-of-China.html (158 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Yongle Encyclopedia
		The Yongle Encyclopedia or Yongle Dadian (永樂大典) was commissioned by the Chinese Ming Dynasty emperor Yongle in 1403.
		Because of the vastness of the work, it could not be block-printed, and it is thought that only one other manuscript copy was made.
		It got burnt in the Palace of Heavenly Purity (in the Forbidden City) during the reign of Qing Dynasty emperor Jiaqing.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Yongle_Encyclopedia (546 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Ming Dynasty Tombs
		The Shisan Ling site was selected by Emperor Yongle and he was the first to be entombed there.
		The tombs of the first two Ming Emperors are located near Nanjing (the capital city during their reign).
		The last Ming Emperor Chongzhen was not included in the mausoleum following the overthrow by the Qing Dynasty in 1644 CE (Chong Zhen had hanged himself on the now famous Guilty Chinese Scholartree).
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Shisanling (547 words)

	Portraits of Emperors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Kangxi was the 4-th emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
		The portrait shows the young emperor Kangxi, sitting at his writing table and holding a thick writing brush.
		On the marble top of the table there are paper, ink, brush and inkstone, the "Four Treasures of the Study"; they are the tools of the painter and calligrapher.
	www.chinapage.com /emperor.html (250 words)

	The Revival of Chinese Culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Perhaps because of the Emperor's background as a peasant, the Ming economic system emphasized agriculture, unlike that of Song, which had preceded the Mongolian and relied on traders and merchants for revenues.
		The laws against the merchants and the restrictions under which the craftsmen worked, remained essentially as they had been under the Song, but now the remaining foreign merchants before Ming era also fell under these new laws, and their influence quickly dwindled.
		The emperor's role became even more autocratic, although Zhu Yuanzhang necessarily continued to use what he called the Grand Secretaries to assist with the immense paperwork of the bureaucracy, which included memorials (petitions and recommendations to the throne), imperial edicts in reply, reports of various kinds, and tax records.
	www.chineseculture.info /history/revival.htm (450 words)

	Yongle Emperor Details, Meaning Yongle Emperor Article and Explanation Guide
		The Yongle Emperor (May 2, 1360–August 12, 1424) was the third ruler in the Ming Dynasty, from 1402 to 1424.
		Despite much council from his advisors, Yongle chose his older son, Gaozhi (the future Hongxi Emperor), as his heir apparent mainly due to advising from Xie Jin.
		He planned to build a massive network of structures in which government offices, officials, and the impartial family itself resided.
	www.e-paranoids.com /y/yo/yongle_emperor.html (1936 words)

	Historical capital of China - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		Ming Dynasty before Yongle Emperor moved the capital to Beijing.
		Republic of China after the Northern Expedition until the Japanese invasion in 1937 of WWII, and after the war until Chiang Kai-Shek retreated to Taiwan in 1949.
		Wuhan was the capital of a leftist Kuomintang government led by Wang Jingwei in opposition to Chiang Kaishek during the 1920s.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Cambaluc (614 words)

	Social Conditions at the Time of Zheng He's Voyages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Zhu Di, the Yongle Emperor, was a ruler of great talent and bold vision, responsible for many historic innovations.
		The Yongle Emperor transformed China's foreign policy to meet changing international conditions, opening China to the outside world and stabilizing China's border regions.
		By linking China's development with that of its neighbors, he hoped to attain lasting security and durable peace for China in the international arena.
	www.chinaculture.org /gb/en_focus/2005-03/10/content_66911.htm (221 words)

	Zheng He (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On the China Sea travelling is done in Chinese ships only, so we shall describe their arrangements.
		In contrast, by the 16th century, most European missions of exploration made enough profit from the resulting trade and seizure of native land/resources to become self-financing, allowing them to continue regardless of the condition of the state's finances.
		Zheng He's voyages and the subsequent abandonment of maritime exploration by the Chinese emperors have become symbolic in the space advocacy community of the success and cancellation of the Apollo Program.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/Z/Zheng-He.htm (1833 words)

	Yongle Emperor Of China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		and the reign mark of the Zhengde emperor (1506-1521...
		The Yongle period (1403-1424) object carried a $150,000...
		admired, these were imitated both in China and Japan...
	www.wikiverse.org /yongle-emperor-of-china (191 words)

	Zheng He Details, Meaning Zheng He Article and Explanation Guide
		His missions showed impressive demonstrations of organizational capability and technological might, but did not lead to significant trade, since Zheng He was an admiral and an official, not a merchant.
		Zheng He sailed to Malacca in the 15th century and brought with him a princess of China, Princess Hang Li Po.
		She was to marry to the King of Malacca.
	www.e-paranoids.com /z/zh/zheng_he.html (1217 words)

	Yongle Emperor of China : Ming Cheng Zu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Yongle Emperor of China : Ming Cheng Zu www.eurofreehost.com
		Yongle Emperor of China : Ming Cheng Zu printable version : Ming_Cheng_Zu.html.txt
		It uses material from the wikipedia article Yongle Emperor of China : Ming Cheng Zu.
	www.eurofreehost.com /mi/Ming_Cheng_Zu.html (250 words)

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		The princess came with her entourage — 500 sons of ministers and a few hundred handmaidens.
		He brought back to China many trophies and envoys from more than thirty kingdoms—including King Alagonakkara of Ceylon, who came to China to apologize to the Emperor.
		There maybe other books, publications and papers available (especially in China), but these have not yet been translated in languages other than the original Chinese.
	www.homestayfinder.com /Dictionary.aspx?q=Zheng_He (1980 words)

	List of Chinese people (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Kangxi Emperor of China, Emperor of the Qing Dynasty
		Qianlong Emperor of China, Emperor of the Qing Dynasty
		See also: List of leaders of the Republic of China, Premier of the Republic of China
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/l/li/list_of_chinese_people.html (257 words)

	Zheng He explained (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Image:Giraffe_by_zheng_he.jpg a giraffe brought from Africa in the twelfth year of Yongle (1414 AD).
		Donovan In 1449 Mongolian cavalry ambushed a land expedition personally led by the emperor Zhengtong less than a day's march from the walls of the capital.
		Louis Levathes, When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-1433, Oxford University Press, 1997, trade paperback, Order: ISBN 0195112075
	www.wordspider.net /zh/zheng-he.html (1628 words)

	Camelot Village: Britain's Heritage and History
		Emperor Aurangzeb is the last great Moghul emperor; after 1707 empire begins to break up
		Emperor Kojong of Korea abdicates; he is succeeded by his son Sujong
		Death of Chinese empress dowager Cixi and of the Guangxu emperor
	www.camelotintl.com /world/asia.html (2490 words)

Yongle Emperor of China : Yongle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)

Yongle Emperor of China : Yongle

Yongle Emperor of China : Yongle
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	TIMEasia.com: Asian Journey 2001 \| Photoessay: China
		In the early 15th century, China was on the rise, a nation striving to return to the glory of the high Tang dynasty.
		Its focus was outward; Admiral Zheng He's voyages were a chance for the young dynasty to show the world the power and capability of the Yongle Emperor
		Photographer Fritz Hoffmann finds a country on the move
	www.time.com /time/asia/features/journey2001/photoessays/china (93 words)

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