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Empress Dowager Cixi - Wikipedia When Cixi returned from Xi'an, she backtracked and began to implement fiscal and institutional reforms aimed to turn China towards a constitutional monarchy Upon Guangxu's death in November 1908, Cixi installed the two-year-old Puyi on the throne, but she herself died shortly after
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 stands out as infamous in Qing Dynasty history (ruling 1861–1908) Past the smoke and screens, she lived as a powerful ruler behind two of the last emperors, and had a hand in imperial court policy in the last several decades of the Qing Dynasty
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
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
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Became China‘s Ruler In the annals of Chinese history, few figures loom as large or cast as long a shadow as Empress Dowager Cixi For nearly half a century, Cixi was the most powerful woman in China, ruling over the twilight years of the Qing dynasty as regent and de facto sovereign
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
The Rise of Empress Dowager Cixi: From Regent to Absolute Ruler of Qing . . . As the Xianfeng Emperor’s consort and mother of the new Tongzhi Emperor, Cixi emerged as China’s de facto ruler during the 1860s, particularly since the East Empress Dowager Ci’an showed little interest in governance Cixi’s initial regency (1861-1873) demonstrated remarkable political caution
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
10 Facts on Cixi, The Empress Who Ushered In Modern China Empress Dowager Cixi (1835–1908 was one of the most important women in history, who brought China to within 4 years of the modern era, and ruled with intelligence, strength, ruthlessness, and tirelessness