The Emperor Kang Xi: The Milky Way Of China
The Emperor Kang Xi
There were about five thousand years of resplendent civilization in the history of China, and 408 emperors (Kuaican) with forty (Dan) different dynasties were parts of it. Those emperors were like the stars of the Milky Way, as some of them were regard as real stars because of their feat, but some of them were looked as meteors from what they did. There was a twinkling superstar at the Milky Way of Chinese history. His name was Aixinjueluo Xuanye, who was also known as the Emperor Kang Xi. Aixinjueluo was his family name, which is a family name from an ethnic minority of China, Xuanye was his given name, and Kang Xi was the title of emperor’s region. He was the only emperor in ancient China who was interested in science …show more content…
He knew that it was not an easy thing to get rid of Aobai, who was the most powerful person in the country at that time, so the Emperor Kang Xi did not do any indiscretion in case Aobai would kill the emperor first. The reason why he could control his temper was that he read many books and learned examples from them. There was an example about an emperor in the Han Dynasty (BC202-BA220) who also was eight years old he when he became an emperor (JianXun). Different from the Emperor Kang Xi, the young emperor in the Han Dynasty did not understand that the earlier he showed how smart he was to officials, the worse situation he would be facing. Since most officials did not want to give power back to the emperor when he grew up, it would be a good thing for officials that the young emperor was not smart enough to administrate a country by himself. The young emperor in the Han Dynasty did not understand that, and he was assassinated by a powerful official (JianXun). To avoid the same thing happen to him, the Emperor Kang Xi pretended not to care about the politics in front of AoBai, so that he would grow up safely. In addition, he studied with his private teachers to accumulate the ability of administering the country, and tried to not let AoBai know about this (Leo). He got chance to grow up and started administering his country after killing AoBai. At last, the Emperor Kang Xi won the war with AoBai when he was sixteen years old, and it won a lot of time for him to make a difference in administrating the
There were about five thousand years of resplendent civilization in the history of China, and 408 emperors (Kuaican) with forty (Dan) different dynasties were parts of it. Those emperors were like the stars of the Milky Way, as some of them were regard as real stars because of their feat, but some of them were looked as meteors from what they did. There was a twinkling superstar at the Milky Way of Chinese history. His name was Aixinjueluo Xuanye, who was also known as the Emperor Kang Xi. Aixinjueluo was his family name, which is a family name from an ethnic minority of China, Xuanye was his given name, and Kang Xi was the title of emperor’s region. He was the only emperor in ancient China who was interested in science …show more content…
He knew that it was not an easy thing to get rid of Aobai, who was the most powerful person in the country at that time, so the Emperor Kang Xi did not do any indiscretion in case Aobai would kill the emperor first. The reason why he could control his temper was that he read many books and learned examples from them. There was an example about an emperor in the Han Dynasty (BC202-BA220) who also was eight years old he when he became an emperor (JianXun). Different from the Emperor Kang Xi, the young emperor in the Han Dynasty did not understand that the earlier he showed how smart he was to officials, the worse situation he would be facing. Since most officials did not want to give power back to the emperor when he grew up, it would be a good thing for officials that the young emperor was not smart enough to administrate a country by himself. The young emperor in the Han Dynasty did not understand that, and he was assassinated by a powerful official (JianXun). To avoid the same thing happen to him, the Emperor Kang Xi pretended not to care about the politics in front of AoBai, so that he would grow up safely. In addition, he studied with his private teachers to accumulate the ability of administering the country, and tried to not let AoBai know about this (Leo). He got chance to grow up and started administering his country after killing AoBai. At last, the Emperor Kang Xi won the war with AoBai when he was sixteen years old, and it won a lot of time for him to make a difference in administrating the