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3 - The Sovereign’s Man

Wu Jin 吳瑾 (1449–61)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 September 2025

David Robinson
David Robinson
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Colgate University, New York
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Using Wu Jin’s tenure as Marquis of Gongshun from 1449 to 1461, this chapter explores issues of ability and difference in a time of upheaval at the Ming court. It traces the Wu family as it shifted from immigrant family at the empire’s western edge to members of the capital elite. The chapter also explores the divergent experiences of other Mongolians and merit noble families within the Ming polity.

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Ming dynastyearly modernChinamilitaryabilitydifference1461 abortive coupethnicityinstitutional history

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Ability and Difference in Early Modern China
A Mongol Family at the Ming Court
 , pp. 60 - 81
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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  • The Sovereign’s Man
  • David Robinson, Colgate University, New York
  • Book: Ability and Difference in Early Modern China
  • Online publication: 10 September 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009602006.005
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  • The Sovereign’s Man
  • David Robinson, Colgate University, New York
  • Book: Ability and Difference in Early Modern China
  • Online publication: 10 September 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009602006.005
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  • The Sovereign’s Man
  • David Robinson, Colgate University, New York
  • Book: Ability and Difference in Early Modern China
  • Online publication: 10 September 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009602006.005
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