Reign Of The Kangxi Emperor - Conference Proceedings
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Kangxi, the second Qing emperor to rule China (r. 1662–1722), is generally held to be one of a handful of great emperors in the long dynastic history of China. An extremely talented and able ruler—and probably with a streak of the ruthlessness necessary to remain securely on the throne for sixty years — Kangxi was also, it seems, an affectionate, even passionate man. Some aspects of Kangxi’s multifaceted personality and long reign are explored in this publication, the record of a conference held in conjunction with the exhibition ‘The Kangxi Emperor:
Treasures from the Forbidden City’ at the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore.

As taken from the Foreword.