User summary: The Ming China short game is greatly simplified version of the full game. It is intended to be played in a few sessions only, and concerns only a few of the core concepts of the full game. It is distributed as four PDF files: Introduction to Ming China, 1-page handout Introduction to Confucianism and Daoism, 4-page handout Selections from the Analects (Lun yü), 8-page handout Modified Roles, 111-pages of handouts The game itself relies on the basic rules processes presented in Confucianism and the Succession Crisis of the Wanli Emperor. This short game is probably unsuitable, as constituted, for an inexperienced instructor.