The Ming Dynasty: A History of China
PART THREEBy Hui Wang
Length10h 36m
About this audiobook
The Ming Dynasty: A History of China, PART THREE spans the rise and fall of China’s last great native dynasty — a saga of ambition, glory, and collapse. From Zhu Yuanzhang, the peasant who became the Hongwu Emperor, to the doomed Chongzhen Emperor, it traces battles and betrayals that shaped an empire’s fate. The story moves through the grandeur and decay of the Ming court: the withdrawn Wanli Emperor, the tragic Taichang Emperor, and the tyrannical eunuch Wei Zhongxian. Moralists of the Donglin movement and heroes like General Yuan Chonghuan fought to uphold integrity as the Jurchens — led by Nurhaci and Hong Taiji — rose in the northeast. The dynasty’s final fall came with Li Zicheng’s rebellion and Wu Sangui’s fateful alliance with the Manchus, yet loyalists like Li Dingguo and Koxinga carried the Ming spirit on, turning resistance into legend and defiance into destiny.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory, Biography and Memoir
Length10 hrs 36 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 29, 2025
LanguageEnglish
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