State versus Gentry in Early Qing Dynasty China, 1644-1699 [electronic resource] /
Miller, H.author.
Continuing the argument developed in the author's previous book, this exhaustively researched study describes the humiliation of the Chinese gentry at the hands of the statist Oboi regents in the 1660s and the Kangxi emperor's self-declared Confucian sagehood in the 1670s, which effectively trumped the gentry's claim to sovereignty.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Dorgon Regency, 1644-1650 -- The Shunzhi Emperor, 1651-1661 -- The Oboi Regency, 1661-1669 -- The Kangxi Emperor, 1669-1699 -- Epilogue.
Continuing the argument developed in the author's previous book, this exhaustively researched study describes the humiliation of the Chinese gentry at the hands of the statist Oboi regents in the 1660s and the Kangxi emperor's self-declared Confucian sagehood in the 1670s, which effectively trumped the gentry's claim to sovereignty.
History, Modern.
World history.
Asia—History.
World politics.
Europe—History—1492-.
China—History.
Modern History.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
Asian History.
Political History.
History of Early Modern Europe.
History of China.