Yuan

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< passport to the Yuan people. Shows the customs that you have to governing officers.

1. Ruled by foreigners, the Mongols. 2. Since they were outsiders it made ruling them very difficult. 3. The Chinese nobility were better educated than the Mongol invaders and the best scholars refused to teach in government schools. So the Mongols did not succeed in censoring Chinese literature and drama or in providing intellectual or cultural leadership. 4. The excessive spending and trade restriction enacted during the Yuan Dynasty severely depleted China economically. They built canals and palaces which they had to tax the people even more.

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 * In 1367, the rebel army led by Zhu Yuanzhang captured the Yuan capital, ending the ever mighty Yuan Dynasty.
 * In the late Yuan Dynasty, the internal contradictions of the ruling class, serious natural disasters, and unreasonable grading system together aroused the indignation of the people.

Map of Yuan Dynasty ^ []