Emperor Kangxi's life can be described as magnificent, from his accession to the throne at a young age to his attempts to crowd out Ao Bai, pacify San Francisco, recover Taiwan Province Province, and crush Junggar's separatist attempts, which stopped Russia's eastward ambitions. Open the map of China, it can be said that Emperor Kangxi hit the chicken's ass from the chicken's paw and the chicken's head from the chicken's ass, which is equivalent to turning over China again. It's no good just saying this. What we are discussing today is not the ability to govern the country, but the ability of the emperor. Bian Xiao and readers may think that in the Qing Dynasty, the two most talented emperors were probably Kangxi and Qianlong. Might as well compare the talents of the two emperors and see if they can be slightly better?
Calligraphy Emperor Kangxi's calligraphy is absolutely superior to Sun Tzu's, with vigorous and incisive brushwork. Emperor Kangxi's diligence is also rare among ancient and modern emperors. From the age of five, he entered the study and read every time. He never deceived himself, even to the point of overwork and hemoptysis. It's a pity that Kangxi didn't seem to leave any famous works for later generations, but this didn't hinder his talent, because he didn't study to write poems, but "realized the significance of the ancient emperor's diligent administration of the country." If he spends a lot of time thinking in the imperial garden every day, I'm afraid he won't leave us a map of the rooster.
As we all know, Qianlong loves to write poems, but his writing style is really not very good. The problem is that old people are still quite conceited. A few allusions go against each other and become countless poems. China has been emperor for 5,000 years, and there are hundreds of buddies who have been emperors. Apart from a few children emperors who died before they learned to walk, there are probably not many illiterate people. But being a dragon master is his personality, and he has to write thousands of poems to show the world that he is really an intellectual. In my opinion, the most valuable thing about Emperor Qianlong's poems is that some of his poems as an emperor have very important historical research value and are important reference materials for studying the political and social life of that era. After all, he was the only emperor in those decades. So Kangxi completely exploded.
Yes, our Emperor Kangxi is the only emperor in China who is familiar with modern western natural science. Although China's sea ban and closed-door policy gradually stopped the communication between China and western countries since Ming and Qing Dynasties, which greatly reduced the trade between countries, a missionary named Tang Ruowang introduced western science and technology to Kangxi, which aroused great interest of Emperor Kangxi. He made an in-depth study of western natural science. I especially like western mathematics. In our mathematics, X, root, square and power were invented by Kangxi, which is of great significance for China mathematicians to learn modern mathematics, and it is incomparable.
Breeding expert Kangxi is a thoughtful man, and farming and mulberry are all on his mind. He once moved bamboo from the south to the forbidden garden for trial planting. Although the weather in the north is cold, after careful cultivation, bamboo has survived and multiplied in large numbers. He also transplanted ginseng from Changbai Mountain into the forbidden garden basin and introduced white, green and purple grapes from Hami to Beijing, all of which were very successful. On agriculture and mulberry, Kangxi's greatest achievement was double-cropping rice. This kind of rice was repeatedly cultivated and improved on the basis of trial planting in two acres of experimental field. Under the advocacy of Kangxi, there was a pioneering work in the history that merchants and the people of Huaibei cooperated to grow double-cropping rice. Later, this rice was spread to Zhili, Shandong and other provinces, which solved the problem of food and clothing for many people.
Water conservancy engineers in farming society, farmland water conservancy is particularly important. Kangxi was also obsessed with water conservancy. He has rich knowledge of water conservancy, visited the south of the Yangtze River for six times, and gave professional guidance to water conservancy projects. During his last tour, he denied that Sizhou should slide westward into the Huaihe River, which proved to be very scientific. Of course, as a leader, Kangxi not only stayed on guidance, but also made many measuring instruments himself.
Kangxi, a medical expert, is obsessed with medicine and has research. This is due to several serious illnesses in my early years, and I have been paying attention to medicine since then. We all know that Kangxi had smallpox when he was a child, and his face was pockmarked. To this end, he actively advocated vaccination in the palace to prevent smallpox, and started with his own children. He also vaccinated the Mongolian people in the 49th Banner of Mongolia and Halka, which greatly promoted vaccination in smallpox prevention. Kangxi got malaria at the age of 40. After being cured by western medicine, he became interested in western medicine and ordered to refine western medicine in Beijing. He also set up a laboratory in the palace to personally test drugs and conduct inspections. In order to learn and popularize western medicine, he also ordered Jesuit Dominique Parrenin to translate western medicine books such as Human Anatomy into Manchu and Chinese, and personally participated in dissecting a hibernating bear. Kangxi reigned for 6 1 year and was the longest-serving emperor in feudal society. His longevity is related to his health knowledge. Kangxi's regimen is insightful in eating and drinking, cleaning clothes and treasures, and details of life, which is of great guiding significance to our regimen today.
Conclusion: I have been studious and read widely all my life. Mathematics, astronomy, calendar, physics, geography, agronomy, medicine and engineering technology in natural science; Classics, history, philosophy and anthology in humanities; Artistic temperament, calligraphy, poetry, painting. He has learned almost everything. He is also proficient in many languages. Kangxi was a feudal emperor who was good at learning and innovation. Kangxi's self-achievement is inseparable from his need to govern the country. His life is a life of diligent study and innovation. Just as Emperor Kangxi in his later years commented on his life, "Do your best until you die", so did governing the country and self-cultivation. Is this what Qianlong can compare?