China under the Empress Dowager

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About This Book

A chronological account of the life and political career of the Empress Dowager Tzŭ Hsi, tracing her origins and rise within the imperial court, her regencies and influence over successive emperors, interactions with court factions and eunuchs, responses to reform movements, and her role during the anti-foreign uprising and court exile; the book draws on official papers and a household diary to describe palace ceremonies, statecraft decisions, and the recovery and final years of her rule, illustrating the complexities of late imperial governance and the personal and institutional forces that shaped policy and succession.

NOTE

The thanks of the Authors are hereby gratefully expressed to Miss Katharine A. Carl, for permission to reproduce the photograph of her portrait of the Empress Dowager; to Mr. K. Ogawa, art publisher of Tokyo, for the use of his unique pictures of the Palace at Peking; to Mr. Geo. Bronson Rea, of the Far Eastern Review, for permission to reproduce illustrations originally published in that journal; to Messrs. Betines, of Peking, for the right to publish their views of the capital; and to the Editor of The Times, for his courtesy in permitting the inclusion in this volume of certain articles written for that paper.

London, September 10th, 1910.