father predecessor successor succession mother birth_place death_date death_place regent birth_date coronation spouse issue image article_title name reign
shunzhi emperor shunzhi emperor yongzheng emperor 4th qing emperor of china empress xiaokangzhang beijing 20 december 1722 beijing sonin -- 1667 -rrb- suksaha -lrb- 1661 -- 1669 -rrb- oboi -lrb- -lrb- 1661 -- 1669 -rrb- 1661 -- 1667 -rrb- ebilun -lrb- 1661 4 may 1654 1667 empress xiaochengren empress xiaozhaoren empress xiaoyiren empress xiaogongren yinzhi yinreng yinyi , '' beile '' yinxi , prince shen yinhu , , '' beile '' yinqi , '' beile '' yinmi prince , prince xian li princess duanjing of the second rank , yinzhi , prince cheng yinzhen , yongzheng emperor kejing , prince princess of the khalkha mongols yinqi , prince heng yinyou zhi , prince chun yinsi , prince lian state princess wenxian rongxian yintang yin ' e state princess chunque yintao , prince , lü yinxiang , 1st prince yi princess wenke of the princess second rank yinti , prince xun princess quejing of the of second rank princess dunke of the second rank yinwu , baarin prince yu yinlu , prince zhuang yinli , prince guo portrait of the kangxi emperor in court dress.jpg kangxi emperor
 kangxi emperor 5 1722 february 1661 & nbsp ; -- 20 december
kangxi emperor

the kangxi emperor -lrb- ; manchu : `` elhe taifin hūwangdi '' ; ; 4 may 165420 december 1722 -rrb- was the fourth emperor of the qing dynasty , the first to be born on chinese soil south of the pass -lrb- beijing -rrb- and the second qing emperor to rule over china proper , from 1661 to 1722 .
kangxi 's reign of 61 years makes him the longest-reigning emperor in chinese history -lrb- although his grandson , the qianlong emperor , had the longest period of `` de facto '' power -rrb- and one of the longest-reigning rulers in the world .
however , since he ascended the throne at the age of seven , actual power was held for six years by four regents and his grandmother , the grand empress dowager xiaozhuang .
kangxi is considered one of china 's greatest emperors .
he suppressed the revolt of the three feudatories , forced the kingdom of tungning in taiwan to submit to qing rule , blocked tsarist russia on the amur river and expanded the empire in the northwest .
he also accomplished such literary feats as the compilation of the kangxi dictionary .
kangxi 's reign brought about long-term stability and relative wealth after years of war and chaos .
he initiated the period known as the `` prosperous era of kangxi and qianlong '' , which lasted for generations after his own lifetime .
by the end of his reign , the qing empire controlled all of china proper , taiwan , manchuria , part of the russian far east -lrb- outer manchuria -rrb- , both inner and outer mongolia , and tibet proper .
