H. Miller 
State versus Gentry in Early Qing Dynasty China, 1644-1699 

Continuing the argument developed in the author’s previous book, this exhaustively researched study describes the humiliation of the Chinese gentry at the hands of the statist Oboi regents in the 1660s and the Kangxi emperor’s self-declared Confucian sagehood in the 1670s, which effectively trumped the gentry’s claim to sovereignty.

Table of Content

1. The Dorgon Regency, 1644-1650 2. The Shunzhi Emperor, 1651-1661 3. The Oboi Regency, 1661-1669 4. The Kangxi Emperor, 1669-1699 Epilogue: The Meaning of the Ming-Qing Transition

About the author

Harry Miller is Associate Professor of History at the University of South Alabama, USA. He is the author of
State versus Gentry in Late Ming Dynasty China, 1572-1644 (2009).