On the Historical Writings about"Jing Nan"by Scholar-officials in Ming Dynasty
The Ming court and the public held opposite views to each other on the history writings of"Jing Nan"The Ming court tried its best to Praise Ming Chengzu and smear Emperor Jianwen,while the public did the opposite.So scholar-officials chose to modify their narrative strategies,trying to"reconcile"the contradictions related to Em-peror Ming Chengzu and Emperor Jianwen,so as to eliminate the public's dissatisfaction towards Emperor Ming Chengzu.To this end,they put forward a series of discussions about"Chengzu's Theory of Mercy","Destiny Theo-ry","Merit Theory",and"Emperor Jianwen's Abdication Theory",etc.However,the Ming court had always been negative in correcting the name of Emperor Jianwen,while the public chose to sing praises of Emperor Jian-weng and his Subordinates and disapprouing Emperor Chengzu,thus making the"reconciliation"narrative of schol-ar-officials turn into empty talk.The opposition writings of civil society has become the collective memory of the history of"Jing Nan".
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