Kangxi Emperor (康熙帝)

Overview

Kangxi Emperor was a Qing Emperor.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1689 康熙二十八年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 282, passages 215-216
AD 1687 康熙二十六年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 282, passages 205, 212

Family

Kin of Grand Empress Dowager (太皇太后)
Grand Empress Dowager 太皇太后
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 282, passages 205, 210

Career and standing

residing in mourning quarters 居廬
AD 1687 康熙二十六年 · Mourning · Resided in
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 282, passage 210

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 282, passages 205, 212

Works and attributed material

Issued edict soliciting opinions during capital drought
Edict · Author
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 282, passage 215
Ordered princes and senior ministers to deliberate funeral rites outside Yongkang Left Gate
Edict · Author
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 282, passage 205
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 282, passages 212-213

Events and relationships

Agreed ministers kneeling to princes was improper ritual; referred matter for ordinance
AD 1687 康熙二十六年 · Political · Ruler · With Gao Cengyun (高層雲)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 282, passages 212-214
Commended and accepted Gao Cengyun memorial on military colonies
AD 1689 康熙二十八年 · Political · Ruler · With Gao Cengyun (高層雲)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 282, passage 216
Relation Sovereign of · Person Ren Hongjia (任弘嘉)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 282, passage 199

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 282, passages 205, 212

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 282Volume 282 Biographies 69: Jiang Xizhe, Yu Jin, De Ge Lei, Chen Zizhi, Ren Hongjia, Gao Cengyun, Shen Kaiceng, Gong Xianglin, Gao Xiachang · 6 passages

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然知其當言，不敢欺吾心，尤不敢負吾君耳。」 Yet knowing one ought to speak, I dare not deceive my own heart, and still less dare I fail my sovereign."

二十六年，太皇太后崩，詔王大臣集永康左門外議喪禮。 In the twenty-sixth year (1687), upon the death of the Grand Empress Dowager, the emperor ordered princes and senior ministers to gather outside the Left Gate of Yongkang to deliberate on the funeral ceremonies.

況永康左門乃禁門重地，太皇太后在殯，至尊居廬，天威咫尺，非大臣致敬諸王之地。 Moreover, the Left Gate of Yongkang is a restricted inner gate. With the Grand Empress Dowager lying in state and the emperor residing in mourning quarters, the majesty of the throne was close at hand—hardly the setting for grand ministers to prostrate themselves before princes.

疏入，上曰：「朕召大臣議事，如時久，每賜墊坐語。 When the memorial reached the throne, the emperor remarked, "Whenever I summon ministers for extended deliberations, I always provide cushions so they may sit while we speak.

二十八年，京師旱，詔求言。 In the twenty-eighth year of Kangxi (1689), drought struck the capital, and the emperor issued an edict inviting memorials and advice.

層雲疏論江、淮間行屯田擾民，請急停蘇民困，上嘉納之。 Cengyun submitted a memorial decrying how military colony programs along the Yangtze-Huai region were oppressing the populace and urging their immediate suspension to ease popular hardship; the emperor praised and adopted his recommendation.