Books in the Ming Dynasty include Ming Taizu by Levin, Four Scholars in the Late Ming Dynasty by Levin, Annals of Ming Taizu by Chen Jian, A Brief Introduction to the South of Ming Dynasty by Ji Liuji, A Brief Introduction to the North of Ming Dynasty, and Lectures on the History of Ming Dynasty by Meng Sen.

1. Emperor of the Ming Dynasty

It is a good introductory book to sort out and comment on the history from the founding of the Ming Dynasty to Xizong. The historical materials are carefully selected, the overall story is very strong, and the comments are quite pertinent. The answers to some historical puzzles can also be well-founded, which can roughly understand the historical trend of the Ming Dynasty and roughly judge the pros and cons of historical figures in the Ming Dynasty.

2. Four sons in the late Ming Dynasty

This book mainly combs and discriminates the deeds of Fang Yizhi, Chen Zhenhui, Hou Fangyu, Mao Bijiang and others in the late Ming Dynasty, and writes in the form of original historical materials, narratives in the text and comments by the author, so as to have a general understanding of the history of the late Ming Dynasty.

3. The Age of Tong Ming Emperor

This is a chronological history book written by the people of this dynasty during the Jiajing period, from the birth of Taizu to Wuzong, which can help us understand the main laws, regulations, policies and major political events of the Ming Dynasty during this period.

4. "Southern Strategy of Ming Dynasty" and "Northern Strategy of Ming Dynasty"

It records the history of the late Ming Dynasty and the struggle history of the southern Ming Dynasty in detail, and is a necessary book to understand the late Ming Dynasty.