Overview
Your primary source readings describe very different version of the Manchus. Which seems more accurate to you and why?
- Cite from the text you're examining - be specific! Page numbers and quotes?
- It's okay to use the first person ("I think, I argue, I believe")
- Respond directly to the prompt
- Don't forget to double-space
- No need to bring in outside material
- Aim for about 500 words
Reading:
- Read: Spence, “The Manchu Conquest” in The Search for Modern China, 26-47
- Read; “The Yangzhou Massacre” in Ebrey, Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, 2nd. Ed. (1993), 271-279
- Read: Spence, “Kangxi’s Consolidation,” 48-71.
- Read: “Kangxi’s Valedictory Edict,” “The Sacred Edict of the Kangxi Emperor,” and “Wang Yupu and Yongzheng’s Amplification of Kangxi’s Sacred Edict,” in Chen, et al., The Search for Modern China: A Documentary Collection, 3rd Ed. (2013), 42-53