Chinese Emperor: Kangxi's Self-Portrait

Author: Stephen J. G. Haw
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: This book provides an expansive interpretation of the draft of Kangxi's will, employing techniques such as flashback, intercalary narrative, supplementary narration, and time-spanning recollections to reveal Kangxi's growth process, specific governance activities and strategies, and various life experiences. Kangxi's imperial majesty and ordinary human psychology are vividly portrayed. The book perfectly combines detailed descriptions with an overview of the era, making it a historical biography of academic rigor and literary achievement.