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Empress Dowager Cixi - Wikipedia
Empress Dowager Cixi (Mandarin pronunciation: [tsʰɹ̩̌.ɕì]; 29 November 1835 – 15 November 1908) was a Manchu noblewoman of the Yehe Nara clan who held de facto control of the Chinese government in the late Qing dynasty as empress dowager and regent from 1861 until her death in 1908.
Cixi | Biography & Facts | Britannica
Cixi was one of the most powerful women in the history of China, active from the 1860s into the 1900s. As mother or adoptive mother of two Chinese emperors, she acted as regent before they were of age and continued to wield considerable influence over China after they formally assumed power.
Empress Dowager Cixi: Her Life, Reign, and Mystery
Cixi was an honorific name meaning 'Kind Joy' given to her when Emperor Xianfeng died and she became the regent with her young son as emperor. It is said that at birth, she was called Yu Lan or 'Little Orchid', however her true name remains unconfirmed.
MIT Visualizing Cultures
Few photographs remain of the Empress Dowager Cixi (1835–1908), China’s notorious head of state during the final decades of the imperial era.
Empress Dowager Cixi - New World Encyclopedia
She was a powerful and charismatic figure who became the de facto ruler of the Manchu Qing Dynasty when her son ascended the throne at the age of five, ruling over China for 47 years from 1861 to her death in 1908.
Cixi, the controversial empress dowager who modernized China
After Cixi seized power, the brilliant queen regent of China never let it go and guided her people into the 20th century. Born in 1835, the girl who would gain fame as the Empress Dowager Cixi...
Tz'u-hsi or Cixi: The Dowager Empress of China - King's College
Tzu-Hsi (pronounced "Tsoo Shee"), or Cixi, was one of the most formidable women in modern history. She was famed for her beauty and charm. She was either a great friend or terrible enemy. She was power hungry, ruthless and profoundly skilled in court politics.
Cixi - Asia Society
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 decades.
Cixi: The Woman Behind the Throne - Smithsonian Magazine
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 Dowager.
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Empress Dowager Cixi (1904) Many accounts of tai chi history focus narrowly on Yang Luchan, the Wu brothers, and Chen Village. But that lens is too tight. The wider political and cultural context matters, and a useful place to begin is with the Empress Dowager Cixi, who was on the throne when Yang LuChan first set foot in Beijing.
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