The Empress Dowager Cixi and I (looking at China with Foreign Eyes)

About This Novel

"The Empress Dowager Cixi and Me" is a memoir written in English by Chinese-American De Ling. The book adopts the perspective of Western culture and tells in detail the actual life in the Qing palace she observed while serving the Empress Dowager Cixi, including Cixi's diet, daily life, clothing, words and deeds, and her experience of traveling by train, etc. The characters involved include Emperor Guangxu, Empress Longyu, Li Lianying, Yuan Shikai and other officials, and some palace secrets of major historical events are mentioned. This book has both literary interest and historical value.

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