Dauloli da yawa sun yi sarauta a cikin China ƙarnuka da yawa kuma ɗayan mahimmancin shine daular Ming. Amma menene tarihin wancan gidan masarauta, menene asalinsa, menene gadonsa?
A ƙarshen Daular Yuan, wata daula da ta yi sarauta tsakanin 1271 da 1368, an yi tawaye na baƙauye ga Mongols. Wani saurayi bafulatani ya shiga cikin 'yan tawayen kuma yayi aiki sosai a yaƙe-yaƙe don haka shugaban yaƙi mai suna Guo Ziyi ya inganta shi zuwa janar. Bayan mutuwarsa wannan matashin janar mai suna Zhu Yuanzhang, ya karɓi iko kuma ya ci gaba da mamaye duk ƙasar Sin. Ya fara ne da kwace garin Jiqiang, na Nanjing na yanzu, kuma ba shi da kyau ko kadan.
Bayan yaƙe-yaƙe da yaƙe-yaƙe na soja a shekara ta 1368 ya yi shelar kansa Sarki a wannan garin kuma ya kafa daular Ming. A waccan shekarar babbar rundunarsa suka ci nasarar Beijing na yanzu, sannan Dadu. Lokacin da ya mutu, ɗayan jikokinsa suka gaje shi amma ɗayan baffanninsa, Emperor Chengzu ne ya karɓe shi daga sarauta, wanda ya jagoranci China zuwa wani lokaci mai wadata. A zamanin mulkinsa ne wasu manyan jiragen ruwa na kasar Sin suka tashi zuwa Tekun Indiya.
Shi ma wannan sarki Sinawa ne ya kafa babban birnin daularsa a Beijin a cikin 1421. Rushewar daular Ming zata fara wani lokaci daga baya, bayan mutuwar Sarki Shenzong. Rashin nasarar sojoji ya fara, matsaloli tare da sauran ƙabilun, lalatattun jami'ai da sauran tambayoyi waɗanda suka haifar da rikicin da sarakunan da ke gaba ba za su iya warwarewa ba. Sarki Ming na ƙarshe ya ƙare rataye a Beijing a 1644, yana kawo ƙarshen ɗayan manyan daulolin China.