Ming Dynasty

With the establishment of the Ming dynasty, a major historical tension rose into prominence between more absolutist and less absolutist modes of rulership. This produced a distinctive style of rule that modern students have come to call Ming despotism. It proved a capriciously absolutist pattern for Chinese government into our own time.

In a doua jumatate a secolului al XIV-lea, la un capat al continentului eurasiatic, scena nu era inca pregatita pentru aparitia statelor nationale moderne. La celalalt capat, chinezii si-au alungat stapanii mongoli, au inaugurat o noua dinastie nativa numita Ming (1368–1644) si au reafirmat stapanirea destinului lor national.