Qing Dynasty: A History of China

The Qing dynasty entered the eighteenth century with an awkward problem: the Kangxi Emperor had built a powerful empire, but his many sons were already turning the question of succession into a dangerous political contest.From that struggle emerges the world of Yongzheng and Qianlong—two emperors whose reigns reshaped Qing government, frontier policy, military power, and court politics. Along the ...