Draft of the Biography of Kangxi's Imperial Consorts and Their Offspring

Author: Sun Jixin
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: The Qing Dynasty was the last feudal dynasty in Chinese history and held an important position in the country's historical timeline. The Qing Dynasty, counting from its founding emperors Nurhaci (founder of Later Jin) and Hong Taiji (Later Jin, Great Qing), spanned 12 emperors. Ten of them ruled after entering the Central Plains, including Shunzhi Emperor (Fulun), Kangxi Emperor (Xuanye), Yongzheng Emperor (Yinzhen), Qianlong Emperor (Hongli), Jiaqing Emperor (Shunyi), Daoguang Emperor (Manning), Xianfeng Emperor (Yizhu), Tongzhi Emperor (Zaitian), Guangxu Emperor (Zaitian), and the last emperor Puyi (Xuantong). It lasted for 296 years, with 28 years before entering the Central Plains and 268 years after. The second emperor after entering the Central Plains, Emperor Kangxi (Xuanye), is widely regarded as a brilliant ruler. He was intelligent and eager to learn, knowledgeable; he was diligent and capable in governance; he waged wars across the land, commanding great power; he was meticulous in his duties, striving for excellence; he was unstoppable in his achievements, with outstanding governance, and has been praised by historians as the founder of the "Kangxi and Qianlong Prosperity." Despite the limitations of the feudal social system, which led to class oppression and feudal exploitation similar to other feudal emperors, this did not diminish Emperor Kangxi's wisdom and brilliance as a feudal monarch. This book is divided into three parts: Empresses and Consorts, Princes, and Princesses.