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 The Private World of the Emperor Qianlong was both a conservator of cultural traditions and a restless innovator in politics, the arts, and the sciences. Qianlong practiced calligraphy, reviewed and commented on thousands of works of art, oversaw a revised edition of existing Chinese literature, and composed some 44,000 poems in his lifetime. This study, support, and patronage was both personal—Qianlong took a sincere interest in the arts—and political, as it showed the emperor as a fit ruler who was learned in all things.
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