Assassin: The Fatalists in the Struggle for Imperial Power in the Qing Dynasty: The Fatalists in the Struggle for Imperial Power in the Qing Dynasty

Author: Gao Mian
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: The Fateful Figures in the Power Struggles of the Qing Dynasty's Imperial Court—Why Did They Attract Fatal Persecution? A Book That Brings Enlightenment and Wisdom. This book vividly records the tragic tales of officials and imperial family members from the Qing Dynasty's nearly three centuries of power struggles. From being strangled by bowstrings to dying mysteriously, being poisoned in conspiracy, being confined to high walls, being imprisoned to death, being beheaded, committing suicide by hanging, being executed by mass execution, and being burned alive in pursuit—each form of death reveals the heartbreaking struggles in the court and the tragic of every vibrant life's destruction. It is truly hair-raising and heart-stirring.