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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
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: 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
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, 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
Cixi, the Last Empress Dowager of China - Smithsonian Institution 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
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
Empress Dowager Cixi: Power and Controversy - ebenecer. com Empress Dowager Cixi, born in 1835 as Yehenara, remains one of the most influential and controversial figures in Chinese history She governed China from behind the scenes for nearly half a century, wielding significant power during the Qing Dynasty
CHINA UNDER THE EMPRESS DOWAGER CIXI | Facts and Details 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 until her death in 1908