Talk:Ming Dynasty

Coinage

[[File:Ming coinage 14th 17th century.jpg|thumb|Ming coinage, 14-17th century.]] - Ming coinage 14-17th century.Per Honor et Gloria ✍ 15:51, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

As with Talk:Tang Dynasty, once again I realize that this article has no pictures of currency and coinage! Thanks for posting this here, because, once again, I know just where to put it! Cheers.--Pericles of Athens^Talk 16:06, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Image is in article now. --Funandtrvl (talk) 16:27, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Flag

[[File:日月旗.svg|thumb|日月旗]] -- I read on Baidu Baike that Ming had a flag called 日月旗, and following instructions here, I constructed the image I post here. However, I don't know much about this flag. I think it would be good if someone could find out more about it and incorporate it into the article. Asoer (talk) 08:36, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

I have done a bit of research, unfortunately, it is a hoax. Arilang ^talk 06:31, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Reference to Kolmas' book

I've marked the references to Kolmas as needing which book title and year, as it is missing entirely from the article. --Funandtrvl (talk) 16:24, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

christianity

I believe the "since the Tang dynasty" part about Christianity is rather misleading, as by the beginning of the Ming dynasty, those ealier Chinese Nestorian communities were all long gone.

Also I think one could argue that the Jesuit missionaries would be better treated under 'foreign relations', or at least it should be explained how the topic is relevant to religion within the Ming dynasty - i.e. how much influence Christian religion - rather than European science - had on China. If the situation was the same as in Japan, mentioning the Jesuits under 'religion' would be a no-brainer, but my humble impression is that the religious influence of the Jesuits in China was much less considerable.

Same about the Kaifeng Jews. How much of China's population did they represent? Did any of them do something significant, a la Zheng He?

Yaan (talk) 17:28, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

What is this supposed to mean ?

"The Ming Dynasty, or anachronistically referred to as Empire of the Great Ming, "

what is this sentence supposed to mean ? What is "anachronistic" about it ? All this chinese people I know call it that "Da Ming" period.Eregli bob (talk) 05:29, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

I want help and collaboration fixing violation of Wikipedia's summary and article size policies

Anyone looking over History of the Ming Dynasty and Ming Dynasty to improve and add citations (as I was today) should be disturbed; often sections are identical. Instead of the Ming article containing a briefer summary of History of the Ming Dynasty, it is copied verbatim in direct contradiction of Wikipedia's policies (please see WP:Summary_style and WP:Article_size}. I have a ton of secondary sources on the Ming, and want to add facts and citations but feel I can't until this fundamental, underlying problem is addressed. Can any of you collaborate and help me improve Ming content and rectify this problem that is a stain on Wikipedia's usually excellent coverage of China's important history? --NickDupree (talk) 03:45, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

I'll be improving summarizing the Ming Dynasty history section so that it's not identical to History of the Ming Dynasty. This is a huge undertaking. For details, see the discussion at Wikipedia:Editor_assistance/Requests#I_want_help_and_collaboration_fixing_violation_of_Wikipedia.27s_summary_and_article_size_policies --NickDupree (talk) 21:44, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

I've finished trimming back and summarizing the content duplicated at History of the Ming Dynasty because I think it is crucial in order for further improvements to even be possible. Some of the most duplicative and detailed content was deleted so people can view it over at History of the Ming Dynasty and one section moved to History of the Ming Dynasty. History of the Ming Dynasty will be the in-depth treatment of the subject, and Ming Dynasty will be a better-summarized overview (though my overhaul will only touch the history heading). Both articles will be better for it. 04:51, 1 June 2011 (UTC)~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by NickDupree (talk • contribs)

largest naval battle in history???

yet it doesn't appear in the largest naval battles page at all. unless there is an agreement that this battle of lake poyang was one of the largest, this should be changed to just give an idea of how many combatants there were (sorry forgot to login again user: teknotiss) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.220.151.59 (talk) 15:50, 16 November 2011 (UTC)