This article narrates the Jingnan Campaign, a Ming Dynasty civil war. The young Jianwen Emperor tried to reduce feudal princes’ power, triggering rebellion by his uncle Zhu Di (Prince of Yan). After years of war, Zhu Di’s army captured the capital Nanjing, seized the throne, and reshaped the Ming dynasty’s future.
Mei Ouchang, a juren from south of the Yangtse River, once told me of a strange case which his friend Sun from the same hometown had handled, while he was an official at Dezhou, in Shandong Province.