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Memoirs of Cixi's Private Life: My Two Years with the Queen Mother
Yu Deling was the eldest daughter of Yu Geng, a minister of the Qing Dynasty. She lived in Europe with her parents for many years when she was young. After returning to China in early 903, she became the personal imperial official of the Empress Dowager Cixi. Yu Deling was deeply loved by the Empress Dowager Cixi because of her proficiency in foreign languages and outstanding interpersonal skills. "Memoirs of Cixi's Private Life: My Two Years with the Empress Dowager" is a memoir about the pri
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Memoirs of Life in the Qing Palace
[China's first full-length oral court record + one of the memoirs of Cixi's empress Yudeling] The first work describing court life in the late Qing Dynasty, first published in 1911, and has been reprinted many times. The book directly records the author's personal experiences while serving Cixi, and reveals many inside stories of the palace that ordinary people cannot know.
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Memoirs of the Political Situation in the Late Qing Dynasty
[Private Notes of Female Officials of the Qing Court] "Memoirs of the Political Situation in the Late Qing Dynasty" by Yu Deling ——Looking at the last afterglow of the Forbidden City through a Western telescope As the first female palace official to systematically receive Western education, Yu Deling witnessed the critical transition period from 1903 to 1907 with her ability in French, English, and Japanese. This strange woman who walked in the Qianqing Palace wearing Paris high heels recorded i
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