Statecraft & Independence
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Kangxi Emperor
1654 – 1722
Longest-reigning emperor in Chinese history
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Why they are here
The Qing emperor whose reign of more than sixty years consolidated the dynasty's rule and began a long period of stability and growth.
Kangxi came to the throne as a child in 1661 and reigned until 1722. He suppressed the Revolt of the Three Feudatories, brought Taiwan under Qing rule and fixed the border with Russia in the Treaty of Nerchinsk.
A patron of scholarship, he sponsored the Kangxi Dictionary, which remained the standard dictionary of Chinese characters for two centuries.
A patron of scholarship, he sponsored the Kangxi Dictionary, which remained the standard dictionary of Chinese characters for two centuries.
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