Late Qing Dynasty Under the Microscope

"Late Qing Under the Microscope" carefully extracts 74 historical fragments of the late Qing Dynasty from millions of words of Qing memorials, diaries, letters, and foreign documents, including people, events, and objects. It shows the vicissitudes of an ancient empire in a multi-angle and all-round way as it struggled and declined at the transition between the old and the new. Why can't Daoguang, who advocates simplicity, punish corruption? How did Cixi, who often made typos, use her son's enlightenment textbooks to overthrow ministers who cared about their fate and extend their lives for the Qing court? What are the amazing aspects of the imperial master Weng Tonghe and the reform leader Kang Youwei? Did Zhang Zhidong's reforms and the Hubei New Army save the late Qing Dynasty, or did they transfuse blood for the revolution? Did the revolutionary army really defeat the corrupt Qing army? ... Under the microscope, "Wan Qing Under the Microscope" presents a historical feast of Wan Qing that makes people pause, sigh, and subvert their cognition.