Chinese Emperor (Kangxi self-portrait)

Author: (American) Jonathan Spence, Author; Wu Genyou, Translator
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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 mentality are vividly portrayed. The book perfectly combines detailed descriptions with an overview of the era, making it a historical biography with both academic rigor and literary achievement.