Seven Ages of K'ang-hsi Part 1

What is the tone of the statement (bottom page 94-top 95) "Certainly there was little enough to whine about, according to the official Chinese sources."

How do the official Chinese sources describe K'ang-hsi as a student?

What example does Spence give that supports the idea that K'ang-hsi's Chinese education "cannot have been too thorough"?

Choose a word or phrase related to each of the first five "ages" of K'ang-hsi: 1) ​ (a)   2) ​ (b)   3) ​ (c)   4) ​ (d)   5) ​ (e)  

• smallpox
• without tiring
• prowess
• feudatories
• edict of toleration

Reorder the following:

• Mewling

• Seeking

• Sighing

• Whining

At ​which of K'ang-hsi's "ages of man" does Spence cite Confucius' "at thirty I stood firm"? ​ (a)  

• the fourth
• the first
• the second
• the third
• the fifth

Match the following:

• Hierarchy

• 
• Garrison

• 
• Regent

• 
• Dowager

• 
• Archer

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In the first full paragraph on page 95, why does Spence use quotation marks around the word will in the phrase, "who produced the "will" of Shun-chih"?

Against whom did K'ang-hsi, at the age of only 15, forcefully assert his right to rule?

(a)  

Why does Spence say, despite the fact that K'ang-hsi ascended the throne in 1661, "the true beginning of the K'ang-hsi reign is 1669"?