Compared horizontally, the whole Ming Dynasty happened to be the European Renaissance. Europe has made rapid progress, while China has regressed, mainly because of the retrogression of political civilization, which has led to a huge negative impact on military, land and economic development. Yu Wei was still ahead of the West in the early Ming Dynasty and Song and Yuan Dynasties, but by the middle of the Ming Dynasty, it had a gap with the West. The system of the Qing dynasty remained unchanged, and it continued to reach its peak, boasting externally and boasting internally.

Militarily, the early Ming Dynasty also won a brilliant victory over the nomadic people in the north. In the middle and late period, its strength declined, but it never signed any unequal treaties with foreign countries. At its peak, it was able to send troops to half the world. Yes, it's Zheng He. In its heyday, the maritime power of the Ming Dynasty was the strongest, yes, during the Yongle period. Land military power can't be said to be the strongest, because Yongle didn't fight Timur, Timur retreated halfway, and the Ming Dynasty didn't directly fight the first land power across Asia and Europe, so it can't be said that the land military power of the Ming Dynasty must be the first, but at least it was the second.

Economically, before the industrial revolution, the whole western economy maintained a huge trade surplus with China. After the Qin Long switch, about a quarter of the world's silver flowed into China, which laid the foundation for the later silver-based monetary system.

Politically, it has to be mentioned that the mobilization ability of the Ming Dynasty may not rank among the top five in previous dynasties, and its ability to control or influence the people, including economy, culture and social customs, is relatively weak.

Culturally, a major feature of the Ming Dynasty is the rise of vernacular Chinese. Literature from aristocratic literature to street literature began in the Song Dynasty, and all-round development and prosperity appeared in the Ming Dynasty.

As to which is higher, noble literature or street literature, different people have different opinions. Personally, I think this is a great progress, and the prosperity of street literature marks the all-round prosperity of culture. To sum up, the Ming Dynasty was one of the few dynasties with relatively balanced development in the history of China, with no special shortcomings. There is no dispute that the peak of horizontal contrast is the best in the Ming Dynasty.