#295 - Qing 30: Building Better Worlds

The History of China

Chris Stewart

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🗓️ 16 June 2025

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The Yongzheng Emperor seeks to capitalize on his father's greatness abroad - but cautiously. He wants to exterminate the barbarians... but delicately. He wants to build better worlds... no matter how many he has to destroy in the process. He's riding for a fall. Time Period Covered: ~1725-1731 CE Major Historical Figures: Qing Empire: Kangxi Emperor (Aisin-Gioro Xuanye) [r. 1661-1722] Yongzheng Emperor (Aisin-Gioro Yinzhen) [r. 1722-1735] Prince Yinti, the Fuyuan Daijiangjun [1688-1755] Governor Nian Gengyao [1679-1726] Governor-General Yue Zhongqi [1686-1754] General Erentei [d. 1718] Funingga [d. 1728] Dzungar Khanate: Tsewang Rabdan, Khong Tayiji [r. 1697-1727] Galdan Tseren, Khong Tayiji [r. 1727-1745] General Tsering Dondup Tibetan Gelupa/“Yellow Hats”: 5th Dalai Lama [r. 1642-1682] 6th Dalai Lama [r. 1697] 7th Dalai Lama [r. 1720-1757] sDe-pa Sangya Gyatso [1652-1705] Polhanas (Polhané Sönam Topgyé) [1689-1747] Kokonor Mongols: Khoshots: Güshi Khan (Torbaikhu) [r. 1642-1655] Lhazang Khan [r. 1700-1717] Prince Lobzang Danjin, Dalai Hongtaiji [d. 1731] Sources Cited: Perdue, Peter C. China marches west: the Qing conquest of Central Eurasia. Rowe, William T. China's last empire: the great Qing. Zelin, Madeline. “The Yung-chung reign” in The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 9: The Ch'ing Dynasty, Part 1: To 1800. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:44.1	Hello. Hello and welcome to the history of China.
0:50.8	Episode 295, Building Better Worlds Didi Dii Jiu June Buhu Shiazhu Shiazhi better worlds. Thus, they are not in such a state of decay as we in China.
1:11.9	Translated by Arthur Wesley
1:13.4	The barbarians of the North and East, even led by sage rulers, are still not the equal
1:20.5	to the states of China, even leaderless.
1:23.7	Translated by Bruce and Takeo Brooks
1:25.5	Outer peoples who retain good rulers are blessed with wisdom,
1:30.8	while the Han people, without rulers, have turned into animals.
1:35.2	Moral government has nothing to do with location in the interior or exterior.
1:40.5	The Yongjung Emperor's interpretation, via David Perdue,
1:44.9	Those who understand the great righteousness of respect for their kin
1:48.7	and are clear about the fixed distinctions between superior and inferior may be called human.
1:55.0	Those who destroy the consistency of heaven and devastate the human order are animals.
2:00.5	What makes humans different from animals are the principles of morality.
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