Cixi and Guangxu: The Survival Game in the Chinese Court

Name: Cixi and Guangxu: The Survival Game in the Chinese Court
Author: He Delan

慈禧与光绪：中国宫廷中的生存游戏

by He Delan (何德兰)

Status: Completed
Length: 103k Words
Genre: Historical
Updated: 5y ago
Source: Fanqie

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The author of this book was American Isaac Taylor Headland (1859–1942), whose Chinese name was He Delan. He was a missionary with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. He came to China in 1888 and taught literature and theology at the Peking Union College, witnessing the entire final phase of the Qing dynasty firsthand. Having spent many years in China and had extensive contact with high society, he wrote this book based on his own observations. It offers valuable insight into that era and provides many precious historical sources. For instance, there have been many accounts of Guangxu's fondness for reading and Cixi's paintings and calligraphy, but the detailed information revealed in this book had never been heard before.

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