Author:Kangxi

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Kangxi
(1654–1722)

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Xuanye (玄燁), of the Aisin Gioro clan, commonly known as the Kangxi Emperor (康熙帝) by the era name Kangxi (康熙) of his reign (1661–1722), was the 4th sovereign of the Manchu-led Qing (清) dynasty and 2nd Qing emperor to rule over China proper from Beijing. Posthumously known as Emperor Shengzu of Qing (清聖祖) by his temple name Shengzu (literally "Holy Ancestor"). Transliterated historically as Kang-hee, Kang-he, K'ang-hsi, amongst others.

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The Sacred Edict, containing sixteen maxims of the emperor Kang-he, amplified by his son, the emperor Yoong-ching; together with a Paraphrase on the whole, by a Mandarin (1817), translated by William Milne (external scan)
Prefatory Edict to the Qing Dynasty Penal Code (1679), translated by George Thomas Staunton (1810)

Works about Kangxi edit

"Hsüan-yeh," in Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period, (ed.) by Arthur William Hummel, Sr., Washington D.C.: Library of Congress (1943–4)

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