497 years ago today, on June 17, 1528 (June 1, 1528 of the lunar calendar), the "Minglun Grand Ceremony" was completed, and Shizong Zhu Houzhen personally wrote the preface. "Ming Lun Da Dian" has 24 volumes and 8 thick volumes. It is a political book published by the government in the seventh year of Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty. After completing the renovation in June of the seventh year of Jiajing, Emperor Jiajing personally wrote a preface to the "Minglun Grand Ceremony" and published it all over the world. Jiajing was Zhengde's cousin, who was originally out of the throne. His father, King Xingxian, was the younger brother of Zhu Youtang, the ninth emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Zhengde was the only son of Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty. During his administration, he was promiscuous and his national strength declined. He was a greedy, martial artist, rogue, and fond of fun. He died early at the age of 31 and had no children. Therefore, according to the royal code of the Ming Dynasty, the posthumous edict called the eldest son of King Xingxian to succeed. Zhu Houcong was the only son of King Zhu Youtang. When he was a child, he was smart and intelligent. King Xing personally taught history and learned the Book of Filial Piety."The University" and the way to cultivate one's own cultivation and govern the country emphasize etiquette and have opinions when things happen. The Empress Dowager of Zhengde and the Grand Scholar Yang Tinghe complied with the "behest edict" and welcomed Zhu Houqi to inherit the throne (1521). The next year, the year title was changed to Jiajing. Shortly after Jiajing ascended the throne, a "debate over ceremonies" broke out, which was also the most famous political event in the Ming Dynasty. It originated from the fact that when Emperor Jiajing came to Beijing from his vassal residence, the Emperor Jiajing, who had not yet ascended the throne, had a dispute with his courtiers over the etiquette of welcoming him. The result ended in a compromise between the courtiers. Immediately after, Emperor Jiajing's biological mother came to Beijing, and a similar thing happened again. Finally, the courtiers made concessions. These two incidents were said to be the trigger for the debate over etiquette. From the subjective perspective of Emperor Jiajing, he did not trust the old ministers of the court from the position of foreign vassals, that is, emperor. Moreover, he did not want to inherit the throne as an adopted son of Emperor Xiaozong (Hongzhi). Therefore, he requested the posthumous appointment of his biological father (King Xing Xian Zhu Youqian) as emperor. This was something that the ministers who claimed to respect the etiquette of his predecessor Confucius could not agree to. The ministers showed unprecedented unity. The opposition memorials overwhelmed Shizong Jiajing. Just as Shizong was about to give in, a minister named Zhang Cong stood up and did Emperor Jiajing a favor. He wrote an article that found many theoretical bases for Emperor Jiajing to pursue his parents. Moreover, he quoted classics and refuted the views of the ministers. After reading this, Emperor Jiajing was deeply inspired, and Zhang Cong was also promoted to the rank and became the leader of the Rites Discussion Group (the opposing ministers at that time called the Rites Protection Group). There was a confrontation between the Rites Discussion Group and the Rites Protection Group in the court. Due to the support of Emperor Jiajing, the ranks of the Rites Discussion Group continued to expand, and the struggle between the two sides became increasingly fierce. After several rounds of back-and-forth, the "Zuoshun Gate Incident" finally broke out. As the Rite Discussion Party gradually gained the upper hand, the ministers of the Rite Protection Party decided to collectively remonstrate with the emperor. Therefore, a huge team of more than 200 people, including 23 nine ministers, 20 Hanlin people, 21 ministers, and 30 imperial envoys, knelt down collectively outside Zuoshun Gate, crying and shaking the sky. Emperor Jiajing sent people to take the leading ministers into prison. The ministers became even more angry. There was a disturbance in front of Zuoshun Gate. Emperor Shizong was heart-warming and arrested 134 people and sentenced 86 people to crimes. For a time, the Royal Guards came from all directions, and the door of Zuoshun was covered with blood. The "Zuoshunmen Incident" ended with the victory of Emperor Jiajing and the failure to protect the ministers. Jiajing finally fulfilled his wish to posthumously honor his father as Ruizong, and put the god into the ancestral temple, ranking above Wuzong Zhu Houzhao. This incident resulted in the death or retirement of many upright ministers, but the sycophantic ministers took the opportunity to steal the power of the government and resurrect maladministration. Through this incident, Emperor Jiajing not only realized his wish to posthumously grant his father the title of emperor, but also established the prestige of the new emperor and began his autocratic rule. Before Zhang Cong cited classics and cited classics to find a basis for Emperor Jiajing, that is, when Emperor Jiajing ascended to the throne in the 16th year of Zhengde, the debate over etiquette never stopped. In the third year of Jiajing, Hou Tingxun, head of the Nanjing Rites Department, wrote and engraved the "Book of Rites" and wrote a letter to the court to support Emperor Jiajing. At the same time, Jiajing used the guiding role of public opinion to always advocate etiquette thoughts, build a tablet for his own etiquette, and pass it on to future generations. Therefore, for Hou Tingxun's "Book of Rites", we went to Fang Xianfu's" Ceremony Memorial". From Xi Shu's "Da Li Ji Yi", then to He Yuan's "Da Li Quan", and finally the "Minglun Grand Ceremony" named by Emperor Jiajing, it can be said that he took great pains and worked hard to build a stele and establish a biography for himself, along with the recall of his parents 'imperial titles, and his power to correct the status of the emperor, he created a unique work "Minglun Grand Ceremony" that has been handed down from generation to generation and is full of special characteristics of the times. The publication of "Minglun Grand Ceremony" in the world calmed the controversy over etiquette for a long time. The "Minglun Grand Ceremony" marks a temporary victory for the ceremonial school headed by Emperor Jiajing, and is a victory with typical political significance. After all, the work "Ming Lun Da Dian" is the first comprehensive sorting and review of etiquette education since the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Dynasties. It has consulted a large amount of historical knowledge and documentary materials, and borrowed from the "Four Books and Five Classics""The Analects of Confucius","Mencius","Da Xue","The Doctrine of the Mean" and "The Book of Songs","Shangshu","Book of Rites","Zhouyi","Spring and Autumn", as well as the later called "Commentary on the Thirteen Classics", etc. It draws from it the guidance of public opinion for promoting one's ruling status, inheriting the etiquette civilization that is beneficial to one's own, and advocating the maintenance of the concept of governance. Therefore, it is a major masterpiece with high historical value and studying the political development and changes of the Ming Dynasty. After the book "Minglun Grand Ceremony" was written, it had a profound impact on the etiquette of later generations. After a short period of debate, the Tianqi Emperor caused waves again. When Tianqi was in power, he followed Emperor Jiajing's approach and wanted to control the right to interpret the "Three Cases" political events. As a result, the Three Cases 'incidents caused controversy among the government and the public. In the sixth year of Tianqi, with Gu Bingqian and Huang Liji as presidents, he copied the "Minglun Dadian" to compile the edicts and memorials of the Wanli, Taichang and Tianqi dynasties on the three cases of Tongjian, Hongwan and Yigong, and added annotations to compile it into the "Three Dynasties Essentials." The editor followed Wei Zhongxian's intention, confused right and wrong, and falsely accused Donglin Party members as the chief culprits in the three cases, in an attempt to use this to crack down on the Donglin Party. After Chongzhen ascended the throne, it was designated as a rebellion, and Wei Zhongxian's eunuchs were eradicated. He ordered the burning of books to entrench Confucianism and the destruction of the "Three Dynasties". At the same time, the officials took the opportunity to attack the "Ming Lun Da Dian", which caused this masterpiece to also suffer a devastating blow and burned a lot of it. At that time, a large collector was lucky enough to purchase "Ming Lun Da Dian", but unfortunately he lacked the first volume. Later, some famous people obtained the Huguang edition of "Ming Lun Da Dian". However, since it was not a temple edition or a Neifu engraving edition, the paper and ink were extremely poor and the appearance was very average. However, the collector had no choice but to copy the first volume according to this edition and copy the first volume in the Yuan Zhao Mengfu font. This book went through many twists and turns. After entering the Qing Dynasty, it was collected by a collector in Northeast China (a descendant of Fang Xianfu) and hidden in Shenyang. However, in the late Qing Dynasty, due to the invasion of the Eight-Power Allied Forces, this masterpiece was kidnapped by the United States and collected by the Library of Congress.