Frontier wall construction
The Ming History records construction of a frontier wall from Zicheng stockade to Huamachi.
What this does and does not establish
明史/卷13, Wikisource revision 2594669; heading 成化十年 at line 194. Both endpoints belong explicitly to the construction clause. The apparatus at line 202 gives competing names for the first endpoint: 憲宗實錄卷一三０ has 紫垣砦, while 國榷卷三七頁二三四三 has 紫金砦. Those works are represented here only through the supplied apparatus, not independently examined.
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- Region
- East Asia
- Theme
- Environment, health and technology
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- Placed in a year. A source places this in one year. It is listed under that year; no day precision is invented.
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- Date reference
- 成化十年閏六月乙巳
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Read ming013.wikitext lines 194–215, including the embedded textual apparatus, and both calendar headers and originals at lines 31–32. sinica-1473-12-31.html identifies Ming Xianzong Chenghua 9, month 12 day 13; sinica-1474-12-31.html identifies Chenghua 10, month 11 day 23. Their matching region and era bracket Chenghua 10 intercalary month 6 within Julian AD 1474. Original quotation begins at line 202, character 3879.
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Source 1 · Supports the statement
Ming shi (History of Ming), basic annals
Zhang Tingyu et al., Qing court historians
Quoted text (Classical Chinese)
閏六月乙巳，築邊牆自紫城砦至花馬池AI working translation into English; not official or authoritative
Intercalary sixth month, yisi: construct a frontier wall from Zicheng stockade to Huamachi.
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