当朝

pī pàn xìng shì míng dài chǐ dú de tè zhì zài zhè zhǒng pī pàn xìng de biǎo xiàng xia yùn hán de shì dāng cháo shì rén duì rén gé dú lì hé jīng shen zì yóu de zhuī qiú

批判性是明代尺牍的特质，在这种批判性的表象下，蕴含的是当朝士人对人格独立和精神自由的追求。

Criticism is the characteristic of the correspondence of Ming dynasty, and in this criticism, there contains the personal independence and spiritual freedom which pursued by the scholar of that present dynasty.

zhǔ shàng yòu xiǎo tài hòu dāng cháo

主上幼小，太后当朝。

The Lord is young and the Empress Dowager is in power.

miàn dāng cháo

面当朝

go to see the ruling emperor