... Empress Dowager had been given such a document reminded her of it rather forcefully. And she was not a person who forgave easily. On April 7, 1881, East Empress Dowager suddenly fell ill. It did not seem very grave, at first, when ...
... empress dowager). No title was given to Cixi. Nor was she with her son when he was conducted by a Regent to bid goodbye to his late father, acting out a ritual in which he held a gold cup containing liquor over his head, then emptied it ...
... Empress Dowager's Sorrow . CHAPTER XXIX . RELIGIOUS RITES . The Three Great Religions - The Temple of Heaven- The Emperor as High Priest - Preparations for the Sacrifice to Heaven - Buddhism and Taoism - Confu- cius - Origin of Chinese ...
Carl. CHAPTER XV THE LITERARY TASTES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE EMPRESS DOWAGER HEN Her Majesty the Empress Dowager was Empress of the Western Palace, Co-Regent with the Empress of the Eastern Palace, who died in 1881, the Empress of the ...
... Empress Dowager . His curiosity being aroused by the fact that his wife , who was medical attendant for many years to a number of the princesses of the Imperial and allied families , including Tze - hi's own mother , found these ladies ...
... EMPRESS DOWAGER ( SOME LONDON PRESS OPINIONS ) " Rarely is a book written round State papers which is at once so sound in learning , so informing , and so fascinating to read as this . It publishes for the first time documents which ...
... Empress Dowager's special carriage ; special carriages of the young Empress and the Imperial concubine ; two second - class carriages , for eunuchs in attendance ; first - class carriage for the Chief Eunuch , and the Service ' carriage ...
... Empress Dowager's special carriage ; special carriages of the young Empress and the Imperial concubine ; two second - class carriages , for eunuchs in attendance ; first - class carriage for the Chief Eunuch , and the Service ' carriage ...