Subject: Eunuchs--China--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644--Anecdotes

Chang'an kehua 長安客話. Zhuozhong zhi 酌中志
AuthorLiu Ruoyu 劉若愚, 1584-ca. 1642Jiang Yikui 蔣一葵, juren 1594
PlaceBeijing 北京
PublisherBeijing guji chubanshe 北京古籍出版社
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition第二次印刷
LanguageChinese 中文
TypeBook
SeriesBeijing guji congshu 北京古籍叢書
ShelfHallway Cases
Call NumberDS795.B465 C4834 2001
Description2, 1, 6, 180, 4, 5, 2, 221 ; 21 cm.
NoteVolume contains two works: Chang'an kehua. Zhuozhong zhi / Jiang Yikui, Liu Ruoyu zhu = 長安客話. 酌中志 / 蔣一葵, 劉若愚著.

2nd work Zhuozhong zhi (about 1618), by Liu Ruoyu, eunuch of the late Ming period; notes on events and proceedings in the imperial palace, in particular under the last four emperors. One of the very few works written by a eunuch, a highly relevant source for the events and life in the inner palace (written between 1628-1644). Cf. W. Franke, An Introduction to the Sources of Ming History, p. 105-105 (4.2.7)

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