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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 - 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 - 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: 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
Cixi (1835–1908) - Encyclopedia. com Cixi, best known as China's empress-dowager or Old Buddha, was the de facto ruler of China for half a century during a tumultuous period of internal and external crises that demanded social and political changes to Qing (Ch'ing) China (1644–1911)
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 | Research Starters - EBSCO Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908) was a significant and controversial figure in late Qing Dynasty China, known for her powerful yet complex role in governance during a tumultuous period marked by internal strife and foreign intervention
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
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