Iron fist Yongzheng

Author: Chen Chu-Yue
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Publish Date: 1999-05-01
Features: Yongzheng, an autocratic emperor, a rhetorical leader, a pivotal figure in a golden age, a secret practitioner of danfa (internal alchemy), and the main character in various "assassination" legends. Resolute in will yet often sheds tears. Kneeling before Confucius, publicly debating with rebels. Suppressing the powerful, liberating the oppressed, enforcing a strict system of informants, and launching the "Rectification Storm." He carries endless praise and condemnation. Is he an "enlightened monarch" with boundless energy, or a dark, terrifying tyrant?