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#301 - Qing 36: And I Think It's Gonna Be a Qianlong Time
In the wake of military victory, Qianlong turns inward—launching literary purges, rewriting history, and curating an image of himself as the enlightened ruler of a Confucian empire. Through censorship, spectacle, and the manipulation of memory, the Qing court fights a new kind of war: one for cultural supremacy and imperial legitimacy.
Time Period Covered:
~ 1735–1760 CE
Major Historical Figures:
The Qianlong Emperor (Aisin-Gioro Hongli) [r. 1735-1796]
Grand Secretary No'chin [d. 1749]
Historican Wei Yuan [1794-1857]
Major Works Cited:
Perdue, Peter C. China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia.
Qian, Zhongshu – Tán Yì Lù, "On the Art of Poetry."
Qianlong Emperor. The Siku Quanshu (四库全书) - Qing Imperial Encyclopedia.
Woodside, Alexander. Lost Modernities: China, Vietnam, Korea, and the Hazards of World History.
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In the wake of military victory, Qianlong turns inward—launching literary purges, rewriting history, and curating an image of himself as the enlightened ruler of a Confucian empire. Through censorship, spectacle, and the manipulation of memory, the Qing court fights a new kind of war: one for cultural supremacy and imperial legitimacy.
Time Period Covered:
~ 1735–1760 CE
Major Historical Figures:
The Qianlong Emperor (Aisin-Gioro Hongli) [r. 1735-1796]
Grand Secretary No'chin [d. 1749]
Historican Wei Yuan [1794-1857]
Major Works Cited:
Perdue, Peter C. China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia.
Qian, Zhongshu – Tán Yì Lù, "On the Art of Poetry."
Qianlong Emperor. The Siku Quanshu (四库全书) - Qing Imperial Encyclopedia.
Woodside, Alexander. Lost Modernities: China, Vietnam, Korea, and the Hazards of World History.
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