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Mar 1, 2008 · The image of Cixi as a cruel and greedy tyrant gained historical traction in 1910, when Backhouse and another British journalist, J.O.P. Bland, published the book China Under the Empress...
Arguably the most powerful empress in Chinese history, Empress Dowager Cixi dominated the court and policies of China’s last imperial dynasty for nearly 50 years. She entered the court as a low-ranking consort, or wife, of the Xianfeng emperor and bore his heir, the Tongzhi emperor.
The story of Empress Dowager Cixi (Wade-Giles: Tz’u-hsi) is a remarkable one. Born at a time when Chinese women were politically invisible, Cixi managed to acquire enormous political influence. She did this by exploiting her position as a royal concubine, engaging in court intrigues and manipulating those around her.
Cixi, the controversial empress dowager who modernized China. HISTORY MAGAZINE. Cixi, the controversial concubine who became queen, led China into the modern age. After Cixi seized power,...
Cixi , or Tz’u-hsi known as the Empress Dowager, (born Nov. 29, 1835, Beijing, China—died Nov. 15, 1908, Beijing), Imperial consort who controlled the Chinese Qing dynasty for almost half a century. A low-ranking concubine of the Xianfeng emperor (r. 1850–61), Cixi bore his only son, the future Tongzhi emperor, in 1856.
Empress Dowager Cixi was largely conservative and represented the conservative political faction at court. Many historians have considered her reign despotic, and attribute the fall of the Qing Dynasty, and therefore Imperial China, to Cixi's inability to understand the challenges posed to traditional China by the modern world.
Feb 4, 2020 · The Empress Dowager Cixi ruled for 47 years until her death in 1908. But it wasn't until the 1970s that her story began to be properly documented. Show more. Download. Choose your file....
