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My three weren't that original, I basically just resurrected my Day of the Dead takes.
Hong Xiuquan should go without saying – how one imagines a delusional messianic figure might act.
The Qianlong Emperor (*Abkai Wehiyehe huwangdi* in Manchu) was perhaps a bit exaggerated in his Manchu-centrism, but still rooted very much in his early reign's attempts to basically completely elide the Yongzheng reign and act like he was the direct successor to Kangxi. Indeed, he later claimed that Kangxi chose Yongzheng not for Yongzheng himself, but because he saw the potential in Qianlong (which given that he was only 11 when Kangxi died, seems exceedingly improbable).
Sun Yat-Sen was portrayed very cynically, but also, he deserves to be :P Sun Yat-Sen's actual contribution to the 1911 Revolution is really quite minor, what he did was ride on the coattails of a widespread revolt started by independent radicals and supported mainly by the traditional elite, not his revolutionary clique. Hence Li Yuanhong dropping in to give Sun's supporters a piece of his mind.
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