Kangxi Emperor

used as a metaphor of the relationship between rulers and the ruled. Similarly, with the support of san gang wu chang, it was commonly believed that a woman should be absolutely loyalty to her husband just like an official is absolutely loyal to his emperor, so by emphasizing the chastity of woman, the Manchu rulers were actually stressing on the officer-king relationship in order secure their ruling position, so the common practice of widow chastity somehow…

The Chinese Empire by the 1911 Nationalist Revolution had stood for over 2100 years and created a deep sense of tradition that did not budge with the centuries and fell behind the world around it. Outside ideas from Europe would start to arrive with Missionaries wishing to bring the word of the lord and also to preach against some old Chinese traditions with foot binding taking the spotlight and within a few decades between 1840 and 1911, Chinese society would forever be changed because of…

resulted from these exposures, as well as aspects of traditional Chinese Culture led to the modern Chinese government to become communist. Communism changed China and its people forever. Throughout history, China was ruled by the Han people and the emperor with his imperial family. And though now it was being ruled by the Manchus, China still remained much the same as it had before. The new rulers gave the Ming officials…

Explain the apparent military decline of East Asia after 1700 East Asia had been regarded as one of the most military advanced region of the globe since the early firearms were invented by the Chinese before the Europeans perfected them. Indeed, the earliest known formula for gunpowder is found in a Chinese work dating from the 800s. This allowed the Chinese to apply it to warfare through producing a variety of gunpowder weapons among them rockets, bombs, mines, and rockets before inventing the…

Manchurian leaders found them to be useful scholars. While the priests ultimately failed in their mission to convert China to Christianity, they did have some influence that had an impact later on. However, when the Pope challenged the authority of emperor Kangxi in the early 1700’s, Christianity became controversial religion to be associated with. In 1724, Christianity was legally “kicked out” of China altogether by Kangxi’s successor, Yongzheng. Local religions and ideologies such as…