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In the wake of the Kangxi Emperor's flawless victory + fatality of Galdan Khan, he erects his own definitive version of "The Way Things Happened" - five stone stelae monuments as an everlasting tribute to his greatness, and his side of the story literally written in stone.
But even one so mighty as the Lord of Great Qing is not above the twist of fate's knife. For he has been receiving highly disturbing reports about his son and heir, Crown Prince Yinreng...
Time Period Covered:
1697-1707 CE
Major Historical Figures:
Great Qing:
The Kangxi Emperor (Aisin-Gioro Xuande) [r. 1654-1722]
Crown Prince Yunreng [1674-1725]
Prince Yinxu
Minister Songgotu [1636-1703]
Minister Maci [1652-1739]
Jesuits/Catholic Church:
Pope Clement XI [r. 1700-1721]
Bishop Charles-Thomas Maillard De Tournon [1668-1710]
Fr. Joachim Bouvet [1656-1730]
Jean-Francois Gerbillon, Puritan Missionary
Tómas Pereira, Puritan Missionary
Kingdom of France:
King Louis XIV, "The Sun King" [r. 1643-1715]
Major Works Cited:
Perdue, Denis. China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia.
Shelly, Percy Bysshe. "Ozymandias."
Spence, Jonathan D. Emperor of China: Self-Portrait of K’ang-hsi.
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33:57
HANZ X-Over: The Sino-Burmese War (1755-1759)
The History of Aotearoa/New Zealand asked for a little boost in the "what going on elsewhere in the world?" category ca. 1759. Well, we were inclined to be accommodating...
It also just so happened that the Qing Empire under the Qianlong Emperor happened to be engaged in a tremendous border clash far to its south...
Presenting: The Sino-Burmese War
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42:50
#288 - Special: Hail The The King, Baby
We end our trio of insider views into the Forbidden City by looking at the life - and strictures - of the Big Man himself: the emperor.
Turn out it's not all banquets and parades.
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31:12
#287 - Special: Caged Birds Sing
A look into the inner heart of the mysterious Forbidden City of Beijing, and at its most protected - and confined - denizens: the women of the Imperial palace. From Empress, to concubine, to lowly maid - women hold up half of Heaven.
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#286 - Special: Everything Eunuchs All At Once
Everything you ever wanted to know (and probably some you didn't) about Court Eunuchs in Imperial China
(warning: contains description of castration & its effects)
Mary M. Anderson, Hidden Power: The Palace Eunuchs of Imperial China.
Duhalde, Marcelo. "How an army of eunuchs ran the Forbidden City" in The South China Morning Post.
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