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	Empress Dowager Cixi - Chinese Culture
		The title, "empress dowager", was given to the mother of a Chinese Emperor.
		Since she was just the concubine to the Emperor, her and the Emperor's primary wife, Cian, both served as Empress Dowager, and ruled the land as regents.
		Buck's image of Empress Dowager falls in line with the more traditional view of how ruthless she was and how filled her court had been with intrigue.
	www.bellaonline.com /ArticlesP/art28654.asp (839 words)

	Empress Dowager Cixi Summary
		The ensuing power struggle between the regents and the two empress dowagers, with the aid of Prince Kung (the deceased emperor's half brother), was resolved in favor of the two women when the court returned to Peking in October 1861.
		Concubine Dowager Kangci was the highest ranking surviving concubine of the late emperor Daoguang, and so she was the woman with the highest status inside the Forbidden City.
		Empress Dowager Ci'an died suddenly on April 8, 1881, during an audience at the court.
	www.bookrags.com /Empress_Dowager_Cixi (4380 words)

	Cian - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		In Irish mythology, Cian (/kʲiːən/ "ancient, distant"), son of Dian Cecht of the Tuatha Dé Danann, is best known as the father of Lug by the Fomorian princess Ethniu.
		Cian was killed by the sons of Tuireann, Brian, Iuchar and Iucharba, after trying unsuccessfully to escape from them in the form of a pig.
		Ci'an was a Chinese dowager empress of the Qing Dynasty in the 19th century.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Cian (367 words)

	Empress Dowager Cixi - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Concubine Dowager Kangci was the highest ranking surviving concubine of the late emperor Daoguang, and so she was the woman with the highest status inside the Forbidden City.
		Although in theory Ci'an had precedence over her, Cixi was the actual master of China.Ci'an seldom intervened in politics but inserted her will in what may have caused her death when she intervened in Cixi's politics in 1869.
		Empress Dowager Ci'an died suddenly on April 8, 1881, during an audience at the court.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Ci_Xi (3889 words)

	Empress Dowager Cixi at AllExperts
		Concubine Dowager Kangci was the highest ranking surviving concubine of the late emperor Daoguang, and so she was the woman with the highest status inside the Forbidden City.
		Empress Dowager Ci'an died suddenly on April 8, 1881, during an audience at the court.
		Empress Wu of the Tang Dynasty, are generally positively reassessed by modern historians, the negative views on Cixi largely remains.
	en.allexperts.com /e/e/em/empress_dowager_cixi.htm (3153 words)

	Learn more about Empress Dowager Cixi in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Empress Dowager Tzu-hsi, or in pinyin Cixi (November 29, 1835 - November 15, 1908) was a powerful and charismatic figure who was the de facto ruler of Ch'ing (Qing) China in the late 19th and early 20th century.
		She did her best to cope with the difficulties of the era but her conservative attitudes did not serve her well and the Western powers continued to take advantage of the country's relatively low level of technological development.
		A widow of the Xianfeng Emperor, she was regent for most of the period from 1861 until her death, sharing power with the Dowager Empress Cian until the latter's death in 1881.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /e/em/empress_dowager_cixi.html (323 words)

	Empress Dowager Ci'an - China-related Topics EM-EP - China-Related Topics
		Empress Dowager Ci'an (慈安太后) (1837 - April 8, 1881), popularly known in China as the Eastern Empress Dowager (東太后), and officially known posthumously as Empress Xiaozhen Xian (孝貞顯皇后), was the empress consort of the Xianfeng Emperor (b.1831andndash; d.1861) of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in China, and then empress dowager after 1861.
		On several occasions after 1861, Ci'an was given additional honorific names (two Chinese characters at a time), as was customary for emperors and empresses, until by the end of her life her name was a long even string of characters starting with Ci'an.
		Ci'an was interred amidst the Eastern Qing Tombs (清東陵), 125 kilometers/75 miles east of Beijing, in the Dingdongling (定東陵) tomb complex (literally: the "Tombs east of the Dingling tomb"), along with Empress Dowager Cixi.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Empress_Dowager_Ci'an (1498 words)

	Cixi: empress dowager cixi, empress cixi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Soon, the Dowager Empress Ci'an was so angry that she refused to come to court audiences, leaving Cixi alone to deal with the eight regent ministers.
		The Empress Dowager was infuriated with her, and ordered Zhen to be thrown in a well behind the Ning-Shiu Palace in the northeastern part of the Forbidden City.
		Empress Wu of the Tang Dynasty, are generally positively reassessed by modern historians, the negative views on Cixi largely remains.
	winelib.com /wiki/Cixi (6006 words)

	Empress Dowager Cixi
		Empress Dowager Cixi was one of the most powerful women ever in Chinese history.
		Empress Dowager Cixi became the sole de facto ruler of China till 1909 when she died at the age of 74.
		Though Empress Dowager Cixi was somewhat educated, she was ignorant of the world at large.
	www.china-travel-golden-route.com /empress_dowager_cixi.html (847 words)

	Empress Dowager Cixi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Soon, the Dowager Empress Ci'an was so angry that she refused to come to court audiences, leaving Cixi alone to deal with the eight regent ministers.
		Under suggestion of Dowager Empress Ci'an and the decision of Emperor Tongzhi, the new empress was Empress Alute.
		The Empress Dowager was infuriated with her, and ordered Zhen to be thrown in a well behind the Ning-Shiu Palace in the northeastern part of the Forbidden City.
	www.knowledgehunter.info /wiki/Ci_Xi (6047 words)

	Empress Dowager Cixi - Wikinfo
		Empress Dowager Tzu-hsi, or in pinyin Cixi (November 29, 1835 - November 15, 1908) was a powerful and charismatic figure who was the de facto ruler of Ch'ing (Qing) China in the late 19th and early 20th century.
		She did her best to cope with the difficulties of the era but her conservative attitudes did not serve her well and the Western powers continued to take advantage of the country's relatively low level of technological development.
		A widow of the Xianfeng Emperor, she was regent for most of the period from 1861 until her death, sharing power with the Dowager Empress Cian until the latter's death in 1881.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Empress_Dowager_Cixi (916 words)

	Was Empress Dowager Cixi a capable ruler? - China History Forum, chinese history forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		I will say empress cixi is a evil ruler as well,she force her daugher in law lady Alute or emperess xiaozhe yi to died of starved because she was belived to pregnant with emperor Tongzhi,shall she give birth to a son this will relegated empress cixi,i see this on some sources long time ago.
		Empress Cixi was such a cruel mother-in-law! Hmm, Empress Xiao Zhe Yi was born in the year of the “tiger,” while Empress Cixi was born in the year of the “goat.” It was believed that these two animals could not get along, but that was still no reason for Empress Cixi’s hatred to arise.
		Empress Cixi was just one of the Emperor’s 28 wives, yet her son was the only one who was still alive.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?act=findpost&pid=4862479 (4096 words)

	China_Heads_of_State
		Empress Dowager He was accused of the murder of Empress Dowager Dong and ordered to move to the Yongle Palace, outside the main palace complex.
		When the allies of Empress Jia attacked, she wrote an edict ordering assistance for Yang Jun and put it on arrows, shooting it out of the palace, but then made the bold declaration that the Dowager Empress was committing treason.
		After the death of Empress Wu Zetian, the court of the reinstalled emperor Zhongzong was controlled by the clan of his wife, Empress We, her daughter Princess Anle and Wu Sansi, a relative of late Empress Wu Zetian.
	www.guide2womenleaders.com /China_Heads.htm (4081 words)

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		Sakota, the Empress of the Western Palace's sister, had given birth to a daughter and was given the title Empress of the Eastern Palace.
		The Empress of the Eastern Palace was never acknowledged for the birth of her child because it was a female.
		Due to the major fact that the Empress of the Western Palace was the emperor's mother, she was able to work around the fact that her son was emperor and still have a major role in the dynasty.
	faculty.rmwc.edu /fwebb/buck/tmquash/dowager.html (1724 words)

	Exploring Chinese History :: Database Catalog :: Biographical Database :: Qing Era- (1644- 1912)
		Empress Xiaoquan Cheng, (1808 - 1840) of the Niuhuru clan
		Empress Xiaoxian Chun (1712- 1748), of the Fucha clan.
		She was given the posthumous title of Empress Xiaokemin (孝恪愍皇后) in 2004 by members of the Qing imperial household.
	www.ibiblio.org /chinesehistory/contents/06dat/bio.2qin.html (12684 words)

	Qing Dynasty
		1662 - 1722) was largely aided by his grandmother, the Grand Empress Dowager, Xiaozhuang.
		In the late 19th century another leader emerged in the Qing to finally bring the dynasty to an end.
		Empress Dowager Cixi, who was the mother of child emperor Tongzhi, successfully controlled the Qing government and was the de facto leader of China for close to 40 years.
	www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/q/qi/qing_dynasty.html (3793 words)

	Tomb - Empress Dowager Cixi
		Cixi was interred amidst the Eastern Qing Tombs, 125 kilometers/75 miles east of Beijing, in the Dingdongling tomb complex (literally: the Tombs east of the Dingling tomb), along with Empress Dowager Cian.
		More precisely, Cian lies in the Puxiangyu Dingdonling (literally: the Tomb east of the Dingling tomb in the Vale of wide good omen), while Cixi built herself the much larger Putuoyu Dingdongling (literally: the Tomb east of the Dingling tomb in the Vale of Putuo).
		The Dingling tomb (literally: the Tomb of quietude) is the tomb of Xianfeng, the emperor of Cian and Cixi, which is located indeed west of the Dingdongling.
	mywebpage.netscape.com /Abell9583/empress-dowager-cixi-tomb.html (0 words)

	Qing Decline 1799-1875 by Sanderson Beck
		They proclaimed dowagers his mother Empress Cixi and Empress Cian, whose only child was a daughter, but in Beijing the empresses took control along with Prince Gong and accused the eight advisors with the crimes of arrogating imperial authority, deceiving the late emperor, and giving bad advice on foreign policy.
		Cian lived in the eastern side of the palace and was called the Eastern Empress, but she was considered virtuous and did not engage in politics.
		Some believed that his empress was pregnant, but Dowager Empress Cixi got her three-year-old nephew, the son of Prince Qun, named Emperor Guangxu so that she could rule again as regent.
	www.san.beck.org /3-9-QingDecline1799-1875.html (15895 words)

	Qing Decline 1799-1875 by Sanderson Beck
		They proclaimed dowagers his mother Empress Cixi and Empress Cian, whose only child was a daughter, but in Beijing the empresses took control along with Prince Gong and accused the eight advisors with the crimes of arrogating imperial authority, deceiving the late emperor, and giving bad advice on foreign policy.
		Cian lived in the eastern side of the palace and was called the Eastern Empress, but she was considered virtuous and did not engage in politics.
		Some believed that his empress was pregnant, but Dowager Empress Cixi got her three-year-old nephew, the son of Prince Qun, named Emperor Guangxu so that she could rule again as regent.
	san.beck.org /3-9-QingDecline1799-1875.html (15895 words)

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