When I had reigned ten years, I never imagined reaching twenty. At twenty I dared not hope for thirty or forty. Now I have reigned sixty-one.
在位十年時,不料能至二十年。二十年時,亦未敢望三、四十年。今乃在位六十一年矣。
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Kangxi Emperor
Third Qing emperor (1654-1722). His 61-year reign — the longest in Chinese history — crushed the Three Feudatories, took Taiwan, signed the Nerchinsk Treaty, made the Kangxi Dictionary, founded the literary inquisition.
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Source: 在位61年の宴(1722年正月)。『清史稿』および『清実録』Verified