《万历十五年》（1587, a Year of No Significance）是历史学家黄仁宇最负盛名、也是体现其“大历史观”的一部明史研究专著。其著作主旨在书中末段看出：“当一个人口众多的国家，各人行动全凭儒家简单粗浅而又无法固定的原则所限制，而法律又缺乏创造性，则其社会发展的程度，必然受到限制。即便是宗旨善良，也不能补助技术之不及。”-" Wanli fifteen years"　(1587, a Year of No Significance) is a historian Ray Huang' s most prestigious, but also embody the " big history"　of a monograph of the Ming Dynasty. The last paragraph of his book to see the subject in the book: " When a populous country, each action depends on a simple shallow Confucian principles which can not be fixed limit, and the law and the lack of creativity, their level of social development will inevitably restricted. Even good purpose, can not grant less technology. "