Dalu Yuquan e gli altri: funzionari mongoli alla corte dei Ming

This paper aims at examining the great officers of Mongolian origin who remained in China after the fall of the Yaun dynasty in 1368 and who held positions of some importance at the Ming court, deserving to be counted among those who constitute the exempla in the biographical section of the official history. Through these people, I intend to shed some light about the complex Sino-Mongolian relations in the Ming dynasty and maybe also to draw some conclusions about the position of Mongol allies in the Qing political agenda.