num_pages: 352
description: In this highly praised book, Jonathan D. Spence recounts the story of Ts'ao Yin, hereditary bond-servant to the Manchu emperors. Ts'ao Yin, whose great-grandfather was captured and enslaved by the Manchus and whose descendant wrote Dream of the Red Chamber, China's most famous novel, becomes the focal point of a fascinating study that shed important light on the social and political life of the early Manchu period.
language: English
title: Ts'Ao Yin and the K'Ang Hsi Emperor: Bondservant and Master
titlecomplete: Ts'Ao Yin and the K'Ang Hsi Emperor: Bondservant and Master
ratings_count: 23
series: Yale Historical Publications Series
publisher: Yale University Press