Citations:Ming

English citations of Ming

• 1845, J. R. Hind, “Mr. J. R. Hind on the Elements of several Comets not previously computed”, in Philosophical Magazine‎^[1], volume XXVII, London, page 418:

  The Comet of 1385 was discovered in China by the astronomers of the Ming dynasty, on October 23 (period Houng-wou eighteenth year, ninth moon, day Wou-yn): it was then on the borders of Thai-wei (a constellation of stars in Leo and Virgo, surrounding β Leonis); it touched β Virginis, and left Thai-wei by what the Chinese termed the "great gate," i.e. between β and n Virginis.

• 1896 September 12 [1896 August 14], “After Li's Head”, in The Hongkong Telegraph‎^[2], number 442, page 3, column 2:

  This determination is not one of recent birth, but has its origin nearly half a century ago, when a society known as the Hing Chung Woey was organized. The movement had for its one purpose the destruction of the present ruling house and the restoration of the Ming dynasty. […]
  His triumphant visit to Russia, Germany, England and now to this country was too much for those who desired to see the Ming dynasty again in power.

• 1934 — Anon., All About Shanghai: A standard Guidebook, The University Press, Shanghai. 1983 reed., Oxford University Press, Oxford, →ISBN. p. 146;

  Tartars, Mongols, Mings, and Manchus have, in turn, swayed the empire of which Peiping for so long was the keystone.

• 1973 July 15, “Trade assures Taipei of wealth, prosperity”, in Free China Weekly‎^[3], volume XIV, number 27, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2:

  When Koxinga, the Ming Dynasty loyalist who drove the Dutch colonists from Taiwan in 1661, ending an occupation that had laster 37 years, Taipei was nonexistent.

• 2015 June 29, “10 Pct. of Great Wall missing due to erosion, vandalism and poor management”, in EFE‎^[4], archived from the original on 10 September 2022‎^[5]:

  Only 8.2 percent of the wall, built during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) is maintained properly, according to a study by the China Great Wall Society, an organization dedicated to the preservation and protection of the Wall.

• 2021 December 27, Neil Genzlinger, “Jonathan Spence, Noted China Scholar, Dies at 85”, in The New York Times‎^[6], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 December 2021, Books‎^[7]:

  Among Professor Spence’s most ambitious books was “The Search for Modern China,” which made The New York Times’s best-seller list and is now a standard text. It took an 876-page view of China’s history from the decline of the Ming dynasty in the 1600s to the democracy movement of 1989.