The Vengeful Beauty (Xue fu rong) (1978) English Subtitles

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Qing Dynasty Emperor Yongzheng
gained subjects'

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support by pretending to rule
the nation humanely

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In fact he ruled the Hans
with an iron hand

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With a secret group of assassins-
Flying Guillotines

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killed the rebels.
Literary inquisitions were common

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For anyone who wrote anything bad
about Imperial...

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court, his whole family
would be exterminated

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Even lives of proofreaders,
bookstore owners