Empress Dowager Cixi, the actual person in power in the late Qing Dynasty. From the "Xinyou Coup" to her death, she held military and political power in the Tongzhi and Guangxu dynasties for 47 years. She was the woman who actually held power for the longest time in Chinese history. His life was intertwined with the turmoil of the most turbulent era in modern China. Standing at the turning point between the old and the new, history pushed Empress Dowager Cixi to the forefront. Faced with the profound and helpless reality, she had no choice. This book carefully analyzes all the major political events led by the Empress Dowager Cixi from a foreigner's perspective, vividly shows the turbulent and sad era of decline in the late Qing Dynasty, and truly and vividly depicts Cixi's contradictory character and troubled life.
Reader comments
This book is very interesting. The author analyzed Cixi's life from a foreigner's perspective, which gave me a new understanding of Cixi. I especially like the portrayal of Cixi's contradictory character in the book. She is both machinative and helpless and sad. The author's description is very vivid, and it feels like Cixi is standing in front of me like a real person. And I think the author is very powerful, able to write such a complex historical figure so vividly. This book is well worth reading!
This book is very interesting. The author analyzed Cixi's life from a foreigner's perspective, which gave me a new understanding of Cixi. I especially like the portrayal of Cixi's contradictory character in the book. She is both machinative and helpless and sad. The author's description is very vivid, and it feels like Cixi is standing in front of me like a real person. And I think the author is very powerful, able to write such a complex historical figure so vividly. This book is well worth reading!