![]() ![]() They had received huge territories of land in the southwest of China which they had henceforth ruled as their private feudal domains. Wu Sangui and the two other former Ming generals who had joined this rebellion had been handsomely rewarded by the Manchus for their earlier cooperation. It was led by the former Ming general Wu Sangui, who had enabled the Manchu's ascent to power in the first place by opening the gates for their armies at the Shanhai Pass at Shanhaiguan (as described in the previous section about the Ming dynasty). However, soon after taking the imperial reigns into his own hands, the young Kangxi Emperor and the Qing dynasty had to face one more great challenge in the 1670s.Īt that time, a rebellion broke out in the southwest of China which is now known as the " Revolt of the three Feudatories". Taking over a largely pacified and economically prosperous country, the Kangxi Emperor's reign marked the beginning of the greatest period of the Qing dynasty (and possibly of the entire Chinese imperial history). Portrait of the Regent OboiEven though he was still only a teenager in AD 1667, the Kangxi Emperor ended his uncle's reign and disbanded the regency in order to rule by himself. Therefore, this early period of the Qing dynasty is now known as the Oboi regency. ![]() The council of regents was made up of members of the ruling Manchu family and it was Xuanye's uncle Oboi that effectively led and controlled it. During the first 5 - 6 years of his reign, he was however assisted by a council of regents since he was then still too young to rule all by himself. Xuanye went on to reign for a long time as the Kangxi Emperor (AD 1654 - 1722). He was chosen for this role due to his hardiness and fitness, which he had shown by already having survived smallpox at such a young age. Xuanye was only the third son of the Shunzhi Emperor. Portrait of the Shunzhi EmperorAfter the Shunzhi Emperor (AD 1638 - 1661) died in AD 1661, his then-seven-year-old son Xuanye succeeded him on the throne. Read the end of the previous section to learn about the decline and eventual fall of the preceding Ming dynasty. ![]()
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