ForeignCultures81TheCultureofEverydayLifeinChinaPeter.pptVIP

Foreign Cultures 81The Culture of Everyday Life in ChinaPeter Bol, Michael Szonyi, Stephen Ford When – Part 2 Multichronicity in Daily Life Eight Trigrams Diviner in Pujiang, 1998 1368 Was the 1st year of the Hongwu 洪武 (Overflowing Martiality) reign period of the founding emperor of the Great Ming. The Hongwu reign period ended with the death of the emperor in 1398 His successor took the reign period title of Jianwen 建文 (Establishing the Civil) in 1399. When he was usurped by his uncle in 1403, his reign period was erased. The new emperor named his reign period Eternal Joy 永樂。 But