Which of the following statements about the Ming dynasty is false? A. The scholar-gentry were once again appointed to high positions in the Chinese administration. B. Imports from Spanish and Portuguese merchants in the 16th century as well as later crops from the Americas such as corn and sweet potatoes helped to increase the Chinese agricultural economy. C. Chinese civil servants created commercial relationships with Europeans and Arabs from foreign lands. D. Ming art was often more colorful than the stark black ink-brush paintings of earlier dynasties.