Supplementary Accounts from an Age of Good Governance
Step into the living texture of the Ming dynasty - not through official chronicles, but through the unfiltered margins of history.
Supplementary Accounts from an Age of Good Governance (《治世餘聞》) by Hongmo Chen offers a rare and vivid portrait of the Hongzhi era (1487–1505) - a period often regarded as one of the most balanced and humane reigns in imperial China.
Unlike formal court histories, this work gathers anecdotes, observations, and firsthand impressions of political life, moral character, strange phenomena, and human complexity within and beyond the imperial court.
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Rediscover the great epics, mysteries and chronicles of dynastic China: gods and generals, swindlers and scholars, courtesans, ghosts and emperors, in complete English translations.
