Emperor of China: Kangxi's Self-Portrait -- The China Study Series by the American Historian Master Jonathan Spence

Author: (American) Jonathan Spence, Author; Wu Genyou, Translator
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: This book provides an extensive interpretation of the draft of Kangxi's will, employing techniques such as flashback, intercalary narration, supplementary narration, and cross-temporal recollections to reveal Kangxi's growth process, specific activities and strategies of his rule, and various life experiences. Kangxi's imperial majesty and ordinary human psychology are vividly depicted. The book perfectly combines detailed descriptions with an overview of the era, making it a historical biography of academic rigor and literary achievement.