The Travels of Marco Polo · Character
Kang-hi
Also known as Emperor Kang-hi
- Supporting
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 85
Kang-hi is introduced through the authority of an emperor and a decision remembered in the text. The account gives no portrait of the man himself, leaving his presence formal, distant, and intriguing.
- Gender
- male
- Age
- Adult
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 85
- Books
- 1
Kang-hi is identified as Emperor of China and noted for prohibiting the burial of living men with the dead toward the close of the seventeenth century. The book offers no further account of his personal life, relationships, or reign, presenting him through this single measure of imperial authority.
Description
The text does not describe Kang-hi’s physical appearance. His build, complexion, hair, eyes, facial features, clothing, and imperial ornaments are not specified.
Story so far
BOOK 1The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1
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