4th emperor of the Manchu dynasty Was given the throne at the age of 7 Ruled for 62 years Considered

red one of the best emperors of China

encouraged literature, art, printing, scholarship and artisan production revived and enlarged the Imperial Potteries ensured honesty in governing and harmonious partnership among Chinese and Manchu officials went on six major state tours around the empire and showed great interest in local affairs commissioned a new encyclopedia of all learning, updated and greatly expanded from Yung-los compilation under the Ming

encouraged the further spread of private academies for the sons of the gentry, and state supported schools for worthy but poorer, to spread classical learning and open the way to office for those who mastered it

supervised the reconquest of Taiwan, restored Chinese control over Mongolia and eastern Sinkiang, and in 1720 mounted and expedition to put down civil war in Tibet, where he then established firm Chinese authority His armies had earlier chased the expanding Russians out of the Amur Valley and southward