Historical Sources Used by Tseng Ching in his Take on the Yung Cheng Emperor

Historical Sources Used by Tseng Ching in his Take on the Yung Cheng Emperor

Today I wish to present some of my own thoughts on the Emperor Yung Cheng. I would like to open up some ideas and then ask for your help in the discussion. I should also add that in dealing with the Emperor Yung Cheng, I am in quite dangerous territory. I am a Kang Hsi man and I find Kang Hsi very sympathetic whereas I find Yung Cheng very unsympathetic. Yet, as I have begun trying to work for the first time seriously on Yung Cheng I find him infinitely more interesting than I expected. I think probably in the history of Chinese rulers, at least those I have come across, Yung Cheng has perhaps a very special place.