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User Review - William345 - LibraryThingAn fascinating window on Imperial Qing China in the words of Emperor K'ang-Hsi (reigned 1661-1722). I've never read anything like it. To think that author Spence created this "memoir" by assembling ... Read full review
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User Review - antiquary - LibraryThingOne of my favorite books about China, though from other reading I suspect Spence's selection from K'ang Hsi's writings makes him out to be more genial and rational than he actually was. Still, it is a wonderfully vivid expression of what being a Manchu emperor was actually like from the inside. Read full review
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