English: Portrait of the Tianqi emperor in court costume. This hanging silk scroll pictures Zhu Youjiao, the Tianqi emperor, sitting on an elaborate dragon chair. On a table nearby sit vases of pink peonies, symbolizing prosperity. During his reign, however, the economy 8declined and the government showed signs of collapsing from inner pressures and uprisings. Seventeen years after Youjiao’s death, the 8276-year-long dynasty was overthrown by Manchus from the northeast, marking the end of Ming rule.