Chinese Emperor Kangxi - Self-Portrait

Author: (American) Jonathan Spence
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This book, through an extended interpretation of the draft of Kangxi's will, employs techniques such as flashback, intercalary narration, 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.