%A YUAN Zujie %T Dressing for power: Rite, costume, and state authority in Ming Dynasty China %0 Journal Article %D 2007 %J Front. Hist. China %J Frontiers of History in China %@ 1673-3401 %R 10.1007/s11462-007-0012-x %P 181-212 %V 2 %N 2 %U {https://journal.hep.com.cn/fhc/EN/10.1007/s11462-007-0012-x %8 2007-06-05 %X As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, assumed the throne, he and his Confucian assistants imposed a system of clothing regulation on the court and society in order to create a hierarchical power structure. As