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Books by Yu Deling
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Memoirs of Life in the Qing Palace 清宫生活回忆录
[The first full-length firsthand account of life in the imperial court of China, and one of the memoirs of Yude Ling, Cixi’s lady-in-waiting] The first work to chronicle life in the late Qing imperial palace, it was first published in 1911 and has since been reprinted many times. The author recounts firsthand what she saw while serving Cixi, revealing many secrets of court life that ordinary people could never have known.
705Reads9.2Score150Shelves
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Memoirs of Empress Dowager Cixi's Private Life: My Two Years by the Empress Dowager's Side 慈禧私生活回忆录：我在太后身边的两年
Yude Ling was the eldest daughter of Yujing, a Qing dynasty envoy. She spent many of her early years in Europe with her parents, who served there, and returned to China in early 1903. She then became a lady-in-waiting to Empress Dowager Cixi. Thanks to her fluency in foreign languages and her remarkable social skills, Yude Ling won Cixi’s favor. The Memoirs of Empress Dowager Cixi’s Private Life: My Two Years at the Empress Dowager’s Side is an account of Cixi’s private life in her later years,
496Reads9.4Score102Shelves