A letter from Queen Elizabeth of England to Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).[Photo/Nanjing Museum] The commercial exchanges, eagerly pursued by European powers, fueled enthusiasm and ...

Amid the Wanli Emperor's neglect and escalating bureaucratic infighting in Beijing, Yuan turned away from what today we call a“toxic workplace.” Instead, he found refuge in Jiangnan's ...

Amid the Wanli Emperor's neglect and escalating bureaucratic infighting in Beijing, Yuan turned away from what today we call a "toxic workplace." Instead, he found refuge in Jiangnan's landscapes ...

Matteo Ricci, the co-founder of the Jesuit China mission, famously gifted a replica of the icon to the Wanli Emperor in 1601.

Although wildly popular and drawn from Taoist beliefs, neither novel is a Taoist text, and both authors took significant liberties with the established canon — including promoting Ne Zha to a more ...

Our investigation of the disastrous society-wide collapses of four premodern polities, China’s Ming Dynasty, the South Asian Mughal Empire, the High Roman Empire, and Renaissance Venice led to ...

The Roman Emperor Commodus lacked interest in governing and became an avid performer as a gladiator. He identified himself with the god Hercules.

In [Chinese-American historian] Ray Huang ’s opinion, the history of the Ming Dynasty came to an end in 1587, during the fifteenth year of the Wanli Emperor’s reign.

Wanli became emperor at the tender age of 10, and would most definitely need some help with the heavy lifting. Wanli’s father had seen this coming and provided something to help his son.

The top scholar's examination papers from Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) are a treasure belonging to the Qingzhou Museum and the only existing Ming Dynasty top scholar's examination ...