Can you tell me something about the history of the Ming Dynasty?

Although History of the Ming Dynasty records history in volumes based on the length of time, it is not limited to this. In the thirty-first year of Mao, this chronicle accounted for three volumes, because he was the founding king. Chengzu reigned for twenty-two years, and the chronicle accounted for three volumes. Although it can be said that because of his special position, he has already divided the weight. There are two volumes of Yingzong, the titles of which are different before and after, which can be justified. In the twenty-second year of Xianzong, it also accounted for two volumes, in the forty-fifth year of Sejong, in the forty-eighth year of Zongshen, and in the seventeenth year of Emperor Zhuang Lie, it also accounted for two volumes. It can be seen that using historical events to describe the history of all kinds of people is in line with its outline. Generally speaking, the chronicles of Ming history recorded by emperors and chronicles can be regarded as a whole. Although the pen and ink are few, they are complete and clear, and the weight is appropriate. One of the great regrets of Chronicle of Ming History is that it failed to establish a chronicle for Emperor Nanming, which was determined by the political situation in the early Qing Dynasty. The official revision of the history books in the Qing Dynasty not only failed to establish a discipline for the Nanming emperor, but also failed to spread it in biographies. In the early Qing Dynasty, if we talk about this matter in private schools, it will inevitably lead to the disaster of "literary inquisition".

The compilation of Ming History is arranged in the order of heaven, earth, ceremony and music, and Tian Ji was written by Tang Bin. Tang Bin, a loyal minister in the early Qing Dynasty, put forward some suggestions when compiling Ming History. When Shunzhi first revised the History of Ming Dynasty, he asked Lord Guangsou to take a suicide note to revise the History of Ming Dynasty, and said, "The history of Song Dynasty was revised in the Yuan Dynasty, and it was a biography of Wen Tianxiang's loyalty and righteousness; The History of Yuan Dynasty was written in Hongwu of Ming Dynasty, which also reflected the meaning of Ba Yanbu. During the first year of Shunzhi and two years ago, the officials of the former dynasty also had indomitable resistance, and dying in distress was different from rebellion. It is advisable to make editors pay no attention to things and show that principles are eternal. " Under this company, Quan Feng and others attacked him, saying that he "praised those who resisted adversity". Thanks to the emperor shunzhi's praise of Tang Bin, he was not convicted. By the time Kangxi revised The History of Ming Dynasty, Tang Bin was already the president of the history of Ming Dynasty in the 21st year of Kangxi (1682), so he wrote many biographies, records and biographies in the history of Ming Dynasty. However, Tang Bin attaches importance to Confucian classics, but he is not good at astronomy, so his Tian Wenzhi is difficult to read.

"Preface to the History of the Ming Dynasty" said: "Since Sima Qian narrated the Celestial Officials, historians of all previous dynasties have all been determined to astronomy. The history of Liao Dynasty is unique, which means that the astronomical phenomena are glorious and eternal, and the solar eclipse and the changes of astronomical phenomena are historical records, so the chronicle of astronomical phenomena is close to that of Yan. What he said is very appropriate. .. but it is wrong to give up astronomy. Although there is no difference between ancient and modern astronomical phenomena, it is often said that celestial home and celestial instrument are better. Without ambition, the meaning of a generation of production will be lost, which is also the lack of history and law. .. Ming Shenzong, Matteo Ricci, a westerner, entered China and was good at astronomy, calendar calculation, interpretation of Olympic numbers and computer control, which was not available before. I want to talk about it and discuss it in the article. "

Therefore, although the purpose of compiling Shi Ming Tian Wenzhi is still to despise astronomy, it also sees the development of astronomy in Ming Dynasty, especially the knowledge of western astronomy brought by western missionaries, which is quite beneficial to China's traditional astronomy. In addition to the description of traditional astronomy and "Western theories are not based on the past, but have stood the test of the sky" in the first volume of Tianwenzhi, it also systematically introduces the development and changes of instruments (astronomical instruments) from Ming Taizu to Emperor Chongzhen. The second and third volumes record the changes of astronomical phenomena in the Ming Dynasty. Except for the solar eclipse, there are many records, such as "the moon covered five latitudes", "five latitudes covered five latitudes", "five latitudes covered the stars", and even "stars seen during the day", "halo", "stars changed" and "meteors".