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Also known as: Elhe Taifin, K’ang-hsi, Qing Shengzu, Rendi, Shengzu, Xuanye
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Wade-Giles romanization:
K’ang-hsi
Personal name (xingming):
Xuanye
Temple name (miaohao):
(Qing) Shengzu
Posthumous name (shi):
Rendi
Born:
May 4, 1654, Beijing, China
Died:
Dec. 20, 1722, Beijing (aged 68)
Title / Office:
emperor (1661-1722), China
House / Dynasty:
Qing dynasty
Notable Family Members:
father Shunzhi
son Yongzheng
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Kangxi (born May 4, 1654, Beijing, China—died Dec. 20, 1722, Beijing) was the second emperor (reigned 1661–1722) of the Qing (Manchu) dynasty (1644–1911/12). To the Chinese empire he added areas north of the Amur River (Heilong Jiang) and portions of Outer Mongolia, and he extended control over Tibet. He opened four ports to foreign trade and encouraged the introduction of Western education and arts and of Roman Catholicism. The third son of the Shunzhi emperor, Xuanye was born to the empress Xiaokang, daughter of Tulai, a famous Qing general from the prestigious Tong clan. Upon Shunzhi’s sudden death from smallpox ...(100 of 2751 words)

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