明朝帝后陵

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The Great Ming dynasty（1368-1644）wasa very important period in China'S feudalhistory．Zhu Yuanzhang，the founding emperorof Ming，was a highly legendary figure amongthe emperors in Chinese history．Born in the family of a tenant farmer．ZhuYuanzhang（1328-1398）had only a fewmonths'education under a private tutor be-fore he gave up schooling and began to herdcattle for another family．His home district wasthen struck by drought，locusts and pestilence，and his parents，brothers and nephews diedof illness one after another．As he was unableto make a living at 16，he became a monk，wandered frOm place to place and lived bybegging for alms．This experience in his youth-ful days enabled him to understand deeply thehardships of life and the sufferings of thepeople of the lower social stratum．In 1352．when he was 24，he joined with determinationthe insurgent peasant army against the Yuanregime （1271-1368）．As he was able to readand write and was courageous，intelligent andresou rceful．he was trusted by the leaders ofthe insurgent army．With the help of the el-ders in his home area，he soon organized anarmy of his own and battled continually for 17years．After unifying all the insurgent peasantarmies，he succeeded in overthrowing the ruleof the Yuan dynasty in the Central Plains andfounding the Great Ming dynasty with its capi-tal in Nanjing in 1368．Zhu Yuanzhang did not like the location ofNanjing because it was on the left side of ariver．He also disliked in particular the Ioca-tion of his palace because it was higher onthe front side and Iower in the back．1n searchfor a new capital，he traveled to Bianliang（Kaifeng in Henan Province，today），the formercapital of the Song dynasty,in the fourth monthof the first year of his reign to make an on-the-spot investigation．Although he was not quitesatisfied with Bianliang，he announced on hisreturn to Nanjing that he was to make Bianliangthe northern capital．The following year，thequestion of moving the capital became onceagain a subject of discussion．

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FOREWORDXIAOLINGTHE THIRTEEN TOMBSCHANGLINGXIANLINGJINGLINGYULINGJINGTAILINGMAOLINGTAILINGKANGLINGYONGLINGZHAOLINGDINGLINGQINGLINGDELINGSILING

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《明朝帝后陵(英文版)》对明朝帝王后宫王妃陵的墓主、陵寝制度、历史沿革变迁及轶闻趣事进行介绍，资料详实、图文并茂，融学术性、知识性和趣味性于一体。对弘扬祖国文化，读者全面了解明陵历史具有重要意义。

古代帝后陵墓不仅是当时墓葬的最高等级形式，而且也是当时政治制度、宫廷礼俗，以及建筑、艺术诸领域的综合反映。就如上意义而言，一部帝王的墓葬文化史，实则即是一部浓缩了的社会发展史。明朝，处于中国封建社会的晚期。从明太祖朱元璋扫平群雄，于公元1368年称帝南京，继而推翻元朝统治，到李自成农民起义军于公元1644年攻破北京城，崇祯皇帝朱由检自缢煤山，其统治时间长达277年，先后有16位皇帝君临天下。在这16位皇帝中，除建文帝朱允炆因"靖难之役"，南京城破，宫中起火，下落不明，没有留下陵墓外，其余15帝或生前，或死后均建有陵墓并保存至今。

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