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The History of Ming (Chinese: 明史; Pinyin: Míng Shǐ) is one of the official Chinese historical works known as the Twenty-Four Histories of China. It consists of 332 volumes and covers the history of Ming Dynasty from 1368 to 1644, which was written by a number of officials commissioned by the court of Qing Dynasty, with the lead editor Zhang Tingyu. The compilation started in the era of Shunzhi Emperor and completed in 1739 in the era of Qianlong Emperor, though most of the volumes were written in the era of Kangxi Emperor.
One of the main sources for the History of Ming was Ming Shi-lu (the "Ming Veritable Records"), i.e. the records of individual emperors' reigns, each of which was compiled soon after the respective emperor's death, based on the daily records accumulated during the reign.
Translations from this work can be found at: The Ming History English Translation Project
See also
Twenty-Four Histories Records of the Grand Historian (Sima Qian) | Book of Han (Ban Gu) | Book of the Later Han (Fan Ye) | Records of Three Kingdoms (Chen Shou) | Book of Jin (Fang Xuanling et al.) | Book of Song (Shen Yue) | Book of Qi (Xiao Zixian) | Book of Liang (Yao Silian) | Book of Chen (Yao Silian) | Book of Wei (Wei Shou) | Book of Northern Qi (Li Baiyao) | Book of Zhou (Linghu Defen et al.) | Book of Sui (Wei Zheng et al.) | History of Southern Dynasties (Li Yanshou) | History of Northern Dynasties (Li Yanshou) | Book of Tang (Liu Xu et al.) | New Book of Tang (Ouyang Xiu et al.) | Five Dynasties History (Xue Juzheng et al.) | New History of the Five Dynasties (Ouyang Xiu) | History of Song (Toktoghan et al.) | History of Liao (Toktoghan et al.) | History of Jin (Toktoghan et al.) | History of Yuan (Song Lian et al.) | History of Ming (Zhang Tingyu et al.)
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