Yongzheng Emperor

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  • Reign: 1722-1735
  • Chinese: 雍正帝 (Yōngzhèng dì)

The Yongzheng Emperor ruled Qing Dynasty China from 1722 to 1735. His reign saw a number of efforts at reforms, including a revision of the tax code in order to allow the government to better capture revenue from the agricultural and commercial expansion being enjoyed by the people.[1]

His reign also saw the outlawing of prostitution, and the abolition of many underclasses in the official status system, ostensibly raising most if not all imperial subjects to the status of "free commoners."[2]

In 1724, the Yongzheng Emperor also declared proscriptions on Christianity, allowing exceptions for those with especially valuable skills, such as Jesuit astronomers.

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Preceded by
Kangxi Emperor 		Emperor of Qing
1722-1735 		Succeeded by
Qianlong Emperor

References

  1. ↑ Jonathan Spence, The Search for Modern China, Second Edition, W.W. Norton & Co. (1999), 5.
  2. ↑ Matthew Sommer, "Foreword," Amy Stanley, Selling Women: Prostitution, Markets, and the Household in Early Modern Japan, UC Press (2012), xv, 5.
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