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A Self Portrait

History Essay Questions
In the book “Emperor of China: Self Portrait of Kang-Hsi” Emperor Kang-Hsi is reported to be a great huntsmen as it states on page 9 second paragraph and page ten first paragraph “ Most people don’t kill in a lifetime what I kill in one day.” He is said to have killed according to page 9 second paragraph 135 tigers, 20 bear, 25 leopards, 20 lynx, 14 tailed mi deer, 96 wolves, 132 wild boar, as well as hundreds of ordinary stags and deer. One captain said “It seemed as if I were a god, to kill so many stags.” Emperor Kang-Hsi may have been a great hunter and he may have thought of himself as a great hunter but he was a modest one as it also show on page 9 second paragraph when he answers “I often call for the stags and trap them in the ring; what is so god-like about killing a lot of them?” He kills for sport but mostly to feed himself and his men. Kang-Hsi was a great hunter as well as a modest and fair one whose kills which may have been......


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