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#231 - Ming 20: Liu Jin & the Eight Tigers - Publication Date |
- Feb 21, 2022
- Episode Duration |
- 00:45:05
The adolescent Zhengde Emperor sits the throne, but everyone in the know knows that it is the eunuch-lord Liu Jin who truly controls Great Ming. Not everyone's exactly thrilled with this situation, and they're gonna get Liu Jin got... or die trying.
Time Period Covered:
1506-1510 CE
Major Historical Figures:
The Zhengde Emperor (Zhu Houzhao) [r. 1506-1521]
Liu Jin, Director of the Ceremonial [1451-1510]
The Prince of Anhua (Zhu Zhifan) [d. 1510]
Commander Qiu Yue
General Yan Yiqing
Inspector-in-Chief Zhang Yong
Major Works Cited:
Bourgon, Jérôme, Muriel Detrie, & Regis Poulet."Execution in Canton" in Chinese Torture – Supplices Chinois.
Brook, Timothy. The Troubled Empire: China in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties.
Geiss, James. “The Cheng-te reign, 1506-1521” in The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 7: The Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, Part I.”
Meadows, Thomas Taylor. The Chinese and Their Rebellions
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