V. 1. Works in the annalistic pattern -- Official and private historical compilations in general -- Biographical collections -- Various notes dealing with historical subjects -- Collections of memorials -- Works on political institutions -- v. 2. Works on foreign affairs and on military organisation -- Geographical works and local histories -- Works on economics and technology encyclopaedias, collectanea (congshu) -- Emperors of the Ming dynasty -- Archaic Chinese characters.

Provides annotations to almost 2,500 salient texts pertaining to the history and society of the Ming dynasty, in addition to two detailed introductions dealing with Ming historiography in general.

Local access dig.pdf. [Franke-Annotated Ming.pdf]