Granting Kesi in Royalty of Qing Dynasty is an activity that Qing monarchs award inferiors.As an outcome of minorities in Qing Dynasty,Kesi integrates with traditional reward forms applied in the past dynasties.Thus it can be regarded as the most direct embodiment of Manchu-Han cultural integration.The definition of granting Kesi has clarified the bestowed groups and reasons of granting Kesi in Royalty of Qing Dynasty.It turns out that granting Kesi,beyond the meaning in material level,has become the rulers' measure for kinship rapprochement,courtier win-over,peaceful diplomacy,frontier defense stabilization,hierarchy disciplining,and trend guidance,for the purpose of state apparatus steady operation,to fulfill the state ruler's vision of long-lasting political stability. |