Draft Biography of Figures in the Qing Dynasty - Part 1 (8)

Author: Wang Sizhi, edited by Hong Bin Li
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Features: This volume primarily includes biographies of figures from the Kangxi era, totaling 60 entries. The subjects are mostly key officials, governors, renowned scholars and thinkers, literary and artistic figures, important leaders of ethnic minorities, and famous Jesuit missionaries who came to China. The main historical achievements of Kangxi's life were his dedication to national unification. Through long-term struggles both internally and externally, he further consolidated and developed China's multi-ethnic unified state on the basis of historical long-term development. The unification of Taiwan and the three personal campaigns against Galdan were major historical events that completed national unification. The Yaksa War to reclaim the motherland and the signing of the Treaty of Nerchinsk between China and Russia were acts of resisting foreign forces' encroachment. Some key officials and generals included in this volume were major participants in these events. Some achieved merits on the frontier, some died in battle, and some ultimately contributed to national unification. Although their deeds varied, they all made contributions to national unification. The authors of each entry provide detailed accounts of their subjects, hoping to vividly depict the heroic scenes of the struggles at that time.