Eunuch and emperor in the great age of Qing rule /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kutcher, Norman Alan (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Subjects:	Eunuchs > China > History. China > History > Qing dynasty, 1644-1912. China > Kings and rulers. 1644-1912 Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

"A time of pure Yin" : Forging the seventeenth-century consensus on the nature of Ming eunuch power
The Shunzhi emperor and his eunuchs : echoes of the Ming
"To guard against their subtle encroachments" : The Kangxi emperor's regulation of rank-and-file eunuchs
The influence of eunuchs in Kangxi's inner circle
Eunuch loyalties in the Yongzheng Emperor's troubled succession
Yongzheng's innovative rules for regulating eunuchs
The Qianlong emperor shifts the arc of history
Qianlong's flawed system of oversight
The world created by Qianlong and his eunuchs.