This book brings together sixteen papers by Mr. Liang Fangzhong on the taxation and corvee systems of the Ming Dynasty. These articles offer specialized analyses of a wide range of topics, including the tax items, tax rates, payment-in-kind systems (ben se), tax amounts, and payment and collection of farm taxes; household registers (hu tie) and fish-scale inventory (yulin tuce) used as the basis for taxation; regulations on granary reserve (yubeicang) system and bulletin of land and household tax collection (yizhiyoudan); the operation, extraction, and taxation of silver mines; the inflow of silver through international trade; and the rise and decline of the Ming militia system. By approaching the subject from various angles, this book enriches and deepens the study of Ming taxation and corvee systems, laying a solid foundation for further research in the field.