Biography of Emperor Shunzhi

Author: Yan Yong
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: At the age of six, he was thrust onto the throne of the Great Qing Empire, enjoying the historical honor of establishing the empire; he was one of the few emperor-lovers in history, grieving to the brink of despair over the death of his beloved concubine, even considering ordaining as a monk; he firmly believed he was a monk in a past life, the reincarnation of the Golden Wheel King, known as the "Crazy Monk," and held grand sermons in the palace; he lived only 24 years in history, dying of smallpox, leaving behind the historical mystery of "Shunzhi's Monastic Ordination."