Emperor Qianlong Son Of Heaven Man Of The World Analysis

In his book “Emperor Qianlong Son of Heaven, Man of the World” Mark Elliott tells the story of Emperor Qianlong given name Taboo. Mark Elliott is someone who studied the Chinese history and is more than knowledgeable in their history. Emperor Qianlong was the ruler from October 18, 1735 until 1795. Even though he had told his sons and others that he would give up his title at the age of 86, that did not happen. The time came and he did not feel that he could do that. The first two chapter’s talks about him being the one that would be his father Yongzheng's successor. It goes into detail about what makes an Emperor. It starts off by talking about Qianlong early life and how he was educated. Mark Elliott went into great detail to show how the education system worked if you …show more content…
It goes into detail about his wives. It only talks about two of his wives but it really shows the love that he had for his first wife Lady Fuca. I really believe the way that Mark Elliott talks about her that he really only truly loved her. The way that he mourned for her I found it sad, he lost it in a sense and acted more out of emotions than with logic. Another relationship that was talked about was his mother. This relationship almost mirrored the relationship with is first wife. I love how he just loved her and never had to involve her or want to involve her in the matters of China. He was able to leave work at work and still have a personal life. The relationship with his second empress was confusing. I wish there was more on that relationship so that I could gain a better understanding. In this chapter he chooses a successor against better judgment. He chooses his son Yongyan because all of the choices that he had were no good he was just the best of the worst. It turned out that it was a good choice. I think he should have named his daughter Princess Hexiao his successor and that would have really shook up