Empress Dowager Cixi (Mandarin pronunciation: [tsʰɹ̩̌.ɕì]; 29 November 1835 – 15 November 1908) was a Manchu noblewoman of the Yehe Nara clan who effectively but periodically …

2025年2月12日 · Cixi, consort of the Xianfeng emperor (reigned 1850–61), mother of the Tongzhi emperor (reigned 1861–75), adoptive mother of the Guangxu emperor (reigned 1875–1908), …

2017年11月17日 · Although it has been 109 years (today) since the death of the Empress Dowager Cixi – also known as the “dragon lady” and the “old master Buddha” – who effectively …

2014年10月30日 · Located in the center of what we call Beijing today. This palace was a home to kings and queens for almost 500 years. The strangest queen that ever ruled from the …

Empress Dowager Cixi (1835 – 1908) was a Chinese empress dowager and regent who effectively controlled the Chinese government in the late Qing dynasty for 47 years, from 1861 …

2016年11月18日 · Cixi, a great beauty, quickly captured the attention of the emperor. She soon became his favorite concubine and bore him his only heir between 1855 and 1856. As mother …

Cixi, along with the Guangxu Emperor and the Longyu Empress, fled the Forbidden City and embarked on a western trek to Xi'an. Determined to prevent another Chinese rebellion, the …

The Empress Dowager Cixi was the last paramount ruler of the Qing Dynasty. While she governed primarily through the regency, her stranglehold on court power held firm for five …

Empress Dowager Cixi (慈禧太后) was born in 1835 to a Manchu official named Huizheng of the Manchu Yehe Nara Clan in Anhui Province. She was a member of the Plain Yellow Banner …

2021年2月22日 · Historian Ying-Chen Peng has argued that Cixi could be considered “a pioneer of the modernized representation of sovereignty in China.” The decision to let Carl paint the …