Empress dowager tzu hsi biography of william
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James Otway Percy Bland.Tz'u-hsi or Cixi: The Dowager Empress of China
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. She would rise from a middle class family to a dowager empress affecting Chinese life forever.
She was born on November 29, 1835.
China Under the Empress Dowager: Being the History of the Life and Times of Tzu Hsi Compiled From State Papers and the Private Diary of the Comptroller of Her.
Her given name was Yehonala. She was born to parents of the middle ranks of Manchu society. By the time she turned 17, she was one of the concubines of the Emperor Hsien-Feng. "Tzu-Hsi", meaning kindly and virtuous, was her court name.
The life and times of Empress Dowager Cixi or Tzu Hsi, a Chinese noblewoman of the Manchu Yehe Nara clan who controlled the Chinese government in the late Qing.
When the emperor would chose to sleep with her, she would be escorted to his room by eunuchs and left naked at the foot of the bed. This was done in order to insure no weapons were brought into his room. The emperor had many wives and concubines, but only Tzu-Hsi gave him a son.
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