Eunuch and emperor in the great age of Qing rule /

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"This book offers a new understanding of eunuchs and their connection to imperial rule in early-to- mid-Qing China (1644-1800). Historians have traditionally viewed this period as one in which China's greatest emperors crafted policies that curtailed eunuch power, following its surge in th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kutcher, Norman Alan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Subjects:
1644-1912
Eunuchs > China > History.
Eunuques > Chine > Histoire.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
Eunuchs
Kings and rulers
Qing Dynasty (China)
Qingdynastie
Eunuch
Kaiser
China > History > Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
China > Kings and rulers.
Chine > Histoire > 1644-1912 (Dynastie des Qing)
China
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "A time of pure Yin" : Forging the seventeenth-century consensus on the nature of Ming eunuch power
  • The Shunzhi emperor and his eunuchs : echoes of the Ming
  • "To guard against their subtle encroachments" : The Kangxi emperor's regulation of rank-and-file eunuchs
  • The influence of eunuchs in Kangxi's inner circle
  • Eunuch loyalties in the Yongzheng Emperor's troubled succession
  • Yongzheng's innovative rules for regulating eunuchs
  • The Qianlong emperor shifts the arc of history
  • Qianlong's flawed system of oversight
  • The world created by Qianlong and his eunuchs.

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