Kangxi: Reconstructing the Inner World of a Chinese Emperor
by H
About This Novel
Kangxi was the Chinese emperor who reigned from 1661 to 1722 AD. What kind of psychological quality does he rely on to govern China? What lessons has he learned from the world around him? How does he view the people under his rule? What could make his dragon heart happy, and what could make his dragon face angry? As a Miao descendant of the Manchu conquerors, how did he adapt to the intellectual and political environment of the Han people, and how was he baptized by the Western scientific and religious ideas carried by the Western missionaries who came to Beijing? In this book, Shi Jingqian breaks the linear sense of time that he is accustomed to and wanders among the piles of old papers. He attempts to describe the various joys, fears, suspicions, regrets, helplessness, and even memories and dreams of Kangxi's inner world through Kangxi's own mouth, so as to deeply understand Kangxi's personality traits and mental thoughts.
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