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Traditions and Encounters Book Cover
Traditions and Encounters, 2/e
Jerry H. Bentley, University of Hawai'i
Herbert F. Ziegler, University of Hawai'i

TRADITION AND CHANGE IN EAST ASIA

Internet Activities: Qing Dynasty

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/kang_hsi.html



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Read these Sacred Edicts that a Qing emperor required to be read aloud twice a month in every village. What kinds of behavior do they promote? What elements of this document are drawn from Confucian philosophy? What can these edicts tell us about 17th-century China?