Imperial examination

Cixi the Concubine ... Fortunately, after a two-year preparation period, the then-Empress Dowager...

When Xianfeng died in 1861, Cixi's five-year-old son was his only male heir and became the empero...

Empress Dowager Cixi ; Empress Dowager Cixi (Chinese ; Cixi supervised the Tongzhi Restoration ; ...

In this groundbreaking biography, Jung Chang vividly describes how Empress Dowager Cixi – the mos...