| dc.description.abstract | Abstract
The establishment of the Yuan Dynasty brought Chinese traditional literati two challenges: one is the culture shock from Mongolian and the other is the cease of imperial examination. Since the middle of Yuan, droves of armed insurrectionists from different camps had risen against the ruler due to continual disasters and wars. It is interesting to study the subject how the literati assisted insurrectionists in founding a new regime and regained the political position of Confucian.
In this paper, a research on the background and contribution of the intelligentsia & literati, who supported Zhu Yuanzhang to establish Ming Dynasty in the late of Yuan, is presented. Meanwhile, by investigating the history, it reveals that with the military activity, Zhu Yuanzhang aggressively engaged the local literati to join his camp in order to enlarge his power base and gather the information.
The above-mentioned intelligentsia & literati offered Zhu Yuanzhang a great effort on political, military, educational and institutional developments. It enabled Zhu Yuanzhang to concentrate on expanding his territory and establishing Ming Dynasty. Based on the support of these intelligentsia & literati, the continual wars from the late of Yuan were put to an end, and people resumed their lost peace. | en_US |