Knowledge (XXG)

Wang Xihou

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in imperial China. However, as was usual in such cases with literary inquisition, the Emperor commuted the sentence by pardoning all Wang Xihou's relatives and his grandsons given only a procedural sentence of execution at the autumn assizes (qiushen 秋審) during which the case would be reviewed and
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Avoidance of naming taboo: Example of omitting a stroke. The last stroke of each character of Kangxi Emperor's given name "玄" (xuán) and "燁" (yè) is omitted.
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by age eight. He locked himself in a room, studying day and night, and was sent home-cooked meals through a small crevice.
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Wang was born in 1713. At the age of five, he began his studies with his brother Wang Jingyun (
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usually spared the death penalty. Wang Xihou's sentence was commuted from
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People executed by the Qing dynasty by decapitation
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Index

Chinese name
family name
Wang
Yifeng County
Jiangxi
Conviction(s)
naming taboo
Kangxi Emperor
Traditional Chinese



Simplified Chinese
Hanyu Pinyin
Courtesy name
Traditional Chinese


Simplified Chinese
Hanyu Pinyin
Chinese
courtesy name
Yifeng County
Jiangxi
Qing dynasty
literary inquisition
Qianlong Emperor
exegesis
Chinese texts
scholar-bureaucrat

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