明史

Míngshǐ

proper noun

Meanings

1 History of Ming, the official history of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
2 Ming history, the Ming period as a field of study

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

《明史》是二十四史的最后一部。

《 Míngshǐ 》 shì Èrshísìshǐ de zuìhòu yí bù.

The History of Ming is the last of the Twenty-Four Histories.

HSK 5

他是研究明史的专家。

Tā shì yánjiū Míngshǐ de zhuānjiā.

He is an expert on Ming history.

Tips

history

The Qing court worked on it on and off from 1645, and 张廷玉 presented the finished 332 scrolls in 1739. The Qing historian 赵翼 judged it the best made of the later official histories.

Stroke Order

明 míng

史 shǐ