Yongzheng Emperor
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The Yongzheng Emperor, also known by his temple name Emperor Shizong of Qing, personal name Yinzhen, was the fourth emperor of the Qing dynasty, and the third Qing emperor to rule over China proper.
Portrait scroll in court attire, 18th century
The young Yongzheng Emperor, as Grand Prince Yong
Armoured Yongzheng
Prince Yinzhen (the future Yongzheng Emperor) reading a book
Qianlong Emperor
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The Qianlong Emperor, also known by his temple name Emperor Gaozong of Qing, personal name Hongli, was the fifth emperor of the Qing dynasty and the fourth Qing emperor to rule over China proper. He r
Yongzheng Emperor
…Mongolia and Tibet through force. The Yongzheng Emperor died in 1735 at the age of 56 and was succeeded by his fourth son, who assumed the throne as the Qianlong Emperor. Although his reign was much shorter than that of both his father and his son, the Yongzheng era achieved important reforms, but is also considered by…
Figurine of the three-year-old Qianlong Emperor having a bath. Artefact in Yonghe Temple, Beijing.
The young Qianlong Emperor as Prince Bao, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Inauguration portraits of Emperor Qianlong and Empress Xiaoxianchun, Cleveland Museum of Art.
The Qianlong Emperor in Ceremonial Armour on Horseback, by Italian Jesuit Giuseppe Castiglione (known as Lang Shining in Chinese) (1688–1766)