 The Ming Dynasty was the last Han Chinese dynasty and second-last imperial dynasty to rule China.It governed fifteen administrative entities, which included thirteen provinces () and two "directly-governed" areas.After the Manchu-founded Qing Dynasty succeeded the Ming Dynasty, the Qing court decided to continue to use the Ming administrative system to rule over former Ming lands, without applying it to other domains within the Qing Dynasty, namely Manchuria, Mongolia, Xinjiang, and Tibet.