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明史

Mandarin · pinyin Míng shǐ

History of the Ming Dynasty, twenty fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史 Èr shí sì Shǐ, compiled under Zhang Tingyu 張廷玉 Zhāng Tíng yù in 1739 during the Qing Dynasty, 332 scrolls

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明: míng · bright, light, brilliant; clear
史: shǐ · history, chronicle, annals

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2–3 · Ming2 shi3

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