万历矿税大兴起止时间考

The textual criticism of the starting and ending time for the mining and taxition in the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty

《明史》卷 2 37记载明神宗万历年间矿税大兴的起止时间是万历二十四年至三十三年。经本文考证 ,开始的具体时间应为万历二十四年六月 。

According to the records in volume Two hundred and thirty seven of THE HISTORY OF THE MING DYNASTY,the starting and ending time for the mining and taxation was from the 24th year to the 33rd year in the Wanli era.As a result of this textual criticism,the exact starting time should be June,24th year in the Wanli era,and the ending time be July,48th year in the same era.