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Mao became popular in China for his lectures on Ming's history in the CCTV-10 program Lecture Room in 2005. Based upon his CCTV lecture, Mao published a book, The Seventeen Emperors of the Ming Dynasty (毛佩琦细解明朝十七帝 ISBN7-80206-237-3) in 2006.