The Ming Dynasty (Part 2) | The China History Podcast | Ep. 32

In this week’s episode we examine the second great emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the Yongle [Yong - Leh] emperor who reigned 1402-1424. This tireless emperor waged campaigns against the Mongols in the north, the Vietnamese in the south and sent sailing expeditions throughout Asia, the subcontinent and the east coast of Africa to engage the peoples of these faraway lands and bring the splendor of China to them. These legendary voyages of the eunuch Admiral Zheng He were the brainchild of the Yongle emperor.
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[@Suite_annamite]

*@**9:05**: Speaking of "Tokyo" ...* the toponym *"Gulf of Tonkin"* is a European adaptation to the Vietnamese namesake of *"Đông Kinh"* (東 京), which was what Hanoi was rather bafflingly called under the Lê dynasty.

[@kraig800i]

Soooo . . . IF BeiJing = Northern Capital, NanJing = Southern Capital, DaoJing (tokyo) = Eastern Capital was there ever a Western Capital ? If not what would it be called ?

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

There was not. Although Xian was sometimes referred to as 西京....The West Capital. Tokyo was Dong Jing.

[@colinellesmere]

Not sure about Marco Polo seeing these ships as he was around during the Yuan dynasty. Only quoting what was mentioned in earlier episodes. And I doubt there were ships of that scale during the Yuan dynasty.

[@ChinaHistoryPodcast]

How did I miss that? Already deleted that from the audio but might need to take this one offline and re-upload the fixed version. What would I do without out you Bunny Jin?

[@colinellesmere]

Haha. It's only through your great efforts that I knew this. Editing to perfection 200 plus podcasts over ten years. That is a Sisyphus kind of task. All very much appreciated.