The letters are written from right to left and from top to bottom. The contents written in Chinese, Manchu and Mongolian are the same. Chinese has about 1700 words. The first part mainly talks about Kangxi's achievements in sixty years. It is reported that this part was written as early as 56 years of Kangxi.
The second part, which is also the core part of the whole imperial edict, declares the heir to the throne. "Prince Yong, the fourth son of Emperor Yin, is of high moral character. He is deeply humble and bows to me, so he will be able to inherit the great system, my throne and the emperor ... "The short words 31seem to clarify the mysterious dispute that has existed for nearly 300 years.
In his article, Jin Hengyuan pointed out that Wang Zhonghan, a famous expert in Qing history, made textual research on the Manchu "Kangxi's suicide note" in the First Historical Archives of China, and Wang Zhonghan confirmed that the original was incomplete. In the Manchu original of Kangxi's will, there is no content of "the fourth son of the emperor ... succeeded to the throne". There is no "Yin Zhen, the fourth son of Prince Yong, is a man of noble character".
A few years ago, the academic circles in Taiwan Province Province announced the discovery of another handwritten testamentary edict of Kangxi, which clearly recorded the contents of "It was handed down to the Emperor's Four Sons". Li Xuezhi, an expert in Qing history who is proficient in Manchu in the Institute of History and Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiwan Province Province, made textual research on the original work. According to Li Xuezhi's judgment, the so-called "Kangxi suicide note" seen at present was forged by Yin Zhen three days after Kangxi's death. Li Xuezhi pointed out that in the process of forging testamentary edict, there was the fact that Long Keduo "drafted" (that is, drafted) testamentary edict.
I am skeptical about Yongzheng being emperor. Then, what about the testamentary edict displayed in the exhibition jointly organized by the two sides of the strait? I might as well add that historians are very familiar with this. As early as Qin Shihuang was seriously ill, he had to decide who to give the throne to. It happened that his two deputies, Zhao Gao and Reese, made fake biographies. Isn't this also a kind of association?