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Part 3: Objects, Images and Sites of Belief

13.The New Idea of Ritual Vessels in the Early 113
Ming Dynasty: A Third System?
Shih Ching-fei

14.Gifts of Good Fortune and Praise-Songs for 122
Peace: Images of Auspicious Portents and
Panegyrics from the Yongle Period
Lina Lin

15.Enshrining the Dark Troops: The Printing of 134
Daoist Books in the Early Ming Dynasty
Maggie Chui Ki Wan

16.Faces of Transnational Buddhism at the Early 143
Ming Court
Marsha Haufler

17.The Early Ming Imperial Atelier on the 152
Tibetan Frontier
Karl Debreczeny

18.Religious Consciousness and Beliefs in the 163
Ming Tombs of Princes and Royal Family Members
in Hubei Province
Yuan Wenqing

Part 4: Rules, Regulations and Material Culture

19.Paper Money of the Ming Dynasty: Examining 170
the Material Evidence
Caroline R. Cartwright, Christina M. Duffy and Helen Wang

20. The Porcelain Pagoda: A Persisting Enigma 178
Clarence Eng

21. Architecture of the Early Ming Court: 189
A Preliminary Look
Aurelia Campbell

22. Investigating Zheng He’s Ships: What is Known 197
and Knowable?
Sally K. Church

Part 5: Global Ming

23. ‘Trees and Stones Are Only What They Are’: 206
Translating Ming Empire in the Fifteenth Century
Carla Nappi

24. Building Cultural Authority in Early Joseon 211
Korea (1400–1450)
Lee Soomi

25. The Book of the Five Relationships: Thoughts 219
on Mid-Fifteenth-Century Court Confucianism
Sarah Schneewind