In the Wanli years the emperor did not hold court for nearly thirty years, and many matters were left with no one to deal with them.
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The reign gives its name to 《万历十五年》 (1587, a Year of No Significance) by the historian 黄仁宇, and to 《万历野获编》, late-Ming notes on court and society. The emperor's tomb, 定陵, is the only one of the Ming Tombs that has been excavated.
