Obai - was he wrong about K'ang Hsi?
Obai was cruel and authoritarian, and certainly viewed the Han people as enemies of the Manchurian Qing Dynasty, but was he wrong in his assessment of the young Emperor K'ang Hsi? Though K'ang Hsi would come to be known in history as one of the greatest rulers any nation ever had, he was very young at the time that he assumed the throne and Obai had doubts that the gifted, but youthful emperor did not yet have the experience or gravitas to rule. Additionally, Obai felt that K'ang Hsi's policies were "soft" on the Han people and would embolden rebels and create instability. Was Obai wrong?