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	Tongzhi Emperor - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-04)
		The Tongzhi Emperor, born Zaichun (April 27, 1856–January 12, 1875) was the ninth emperor of the Manchu Qing dynasty, and the eighth Qing emperor to rule over China, from 1861 to 1875.
		Tongzhi married Lady Alute from a Mongol clan and died of smallpox at the age of 19.
		There are those who say Tongzhi died from STD, in particular Syphilis (due to his alleged affairs with prostitutes outside of the palace), and that the smallpox diagnosis was given only because the mere discussions of STD in China is a taboo, even in present day.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Tongzhi (387 words)

	Emperor of China Encyclopedia Article @ CNAdvertisers.com (CN Advertisers) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-04)
		The Emperor of China or Huángdì (Chinese: 皇帝) was the head of government and head of state of China from the Qin Dynasty in 221 BC until the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1912.
		, Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty or Guangxu Emperor of the Qing Dynasty).
		As the emperor usually had a large number of sons, it was generally not possible for a female to succeed to the throne.
	www.cnadvertisers.com /encyclopedia/Emperor_of_China (1389 words)

	Empress Dowager Cixi - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-04)
		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.
		Since other officials were beside the Emperor, hoping that he would name an heir (as for Manchu it is not the first child, but appointment which inherits the throne), she placed her son beside his father and asked who would be the next Emperor.
		The Dingling tomb (literally: the "Tomb of quietude") is the tomb of the Xianfeng Emperor, the emperor of Ci'an and Cixi, which is located indeed west of the Dingdongling.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Ci_Xi (3889 words)

	Qwika - Puyi
		Xuantong (Chinese:溥儀;) (February 7, 1906–October 17, 1967) of the Manchu Aisin-Gioro ruling family was the Xuantong Emperor (宣統皇帝) of China between 1908 and 1924 (ruling emperor between 1908 and 1912, and non-ruling emperor between 1912 and 1924), the tenth and last emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to rule over China.
		Puyi's paternal grandfather was the 1st Prince Chun (1840-1891) who was himself a son of the Daoguang Emperor and a younger half-brother of Xianfeng Emperor, but not the next in line after Xianfeng (the 1st Prince Chun had older half-brothers that were closer in age to Xianfeng).
		Tongzhi died without a son, and was succeeded by Guangxu Emperor (r.1875-1908), the son of the 1st Prince Chun and his wife, who was the younger sister of Empress Dowager Cixi.
	wikipedia.qwika.com /wiki/Pu_Yi (2082 words)

	Ci Xi Encyclopedia Article @ CNAutomobiles.com (CN Automobiles) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-04)
		It was built by China's top artisans in the reign of Emperor Kangxi, and was enormously expanded and perfected during the reigns of the next five emperors.
		Under suggestion of Dowager Empress Ci'an and the decision of Emperor Tongzhi, the new empress was Empress Alute.
		Tongzhi agreed, and for several evenings, the Emperor disguised himself as a commoner, and secretly spent the nights in the prostitute house under the guidance of the eunuch.
	www.cnautomobiles.com /encyclopedia/Ci_Xi (6193 words)

	Guangxu Emperor of China Encyclopedia Article @ TravelMarquee.com (Travel Marquee) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-04)
		The Guangxu Emperor (August 14, 1871–November 14, 1908), born Zaitian (載湉), was the tenth emperor of the Manchu Qing dynasty, and the ninth Qing emperor to rule over China.
		Instead, breaking the imperial convention that a new emperor must always be a generation after that of the passing emperor, Cixi suggested Prince Chun's son, Zaitian, and the imperial family agreed with this choice.
		Some historians think that the emperor is the first Chinese leader to implement policies of modernization and capitalism.
	www.travelmarquee.com /encyclopedia/Guangxu_Emperor_of_China (1477 words)

	Tongzhi Emperor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Tong Zhi Emperor, born Zai Chun (April 27, 1856–January 12, 1875) was the tenth emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the eighth Qing emperor to rule over China, from 1861 to 1875.
		Tongzhi became an emperor of the age of five when his father, the Xian Feng Emperor died.
		Tongzhi married Lady Alute from a Mongol clan and died of smallpox at the age of 18.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tongzhi_Emperor (407 words)

	Puyi - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Puyi (Chinese:溥儀;) (February 7, 1906–October 17, 1967) of the Manchu Aisin-Gioro ruling family was the Xuantong Emperor (宣統皇帝) of China between 1908 and 1924 (ruling emperor between 1908 and 1912, and non-ruling emperor between 1912 and 1924), the tenth and last emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to rule over China.
		Puyi's great-grandfather was the Daoguang Emperor (r.1820–1850), who was succeeded by his fourth son, who became Xianfeng Emperor (r.1850–1861).
		Tongzhi died without a son, and was succeeded by Guangxu Emperor (r.1875–1908), the son of the 1st Prince Chun and his wife, who was the younger sister of Empress Dowager Cixi.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Puyi (2083 words)

	Puyi Encyclopedia Article @ CNeTrade.com (C Ne Trade) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-04)
		Ruling emperor until February 12, 1912, non-ruling emperor between 1912-1924, except a brief restoration in July 1-12, 1917.
		Puyi's paternal grandfather was the 1st Prince Chun (1840–1891) who was himself a son of the Daoguang Emperor and a younger half-brother of Xianfeng Emperor, but not the next in line after Xianfeng (the 1st Prince Chun had older half-brothers that were closer in age to Xianfeng).
		Emperor Puyi and Empress Wan Rong in Tianjin
	www.cnetrade.com /encyclopedia/Puyi (2082 words)

	Chinese boys wear -- chronology the Manchus Qing
		Cixi was a low-ranking concubine of Emperor Xianfeng.
		On the death of Tongzhi, the Dowager Empress chose Guangxu as th new emperor in 1875.
		Emperor Guangxu was kept under house arrest in the the Hall of Jade Ripples within the Forbidden City.
	histclo.com /country/other/china/chron/cc-man.html (2611 words)

	Brujula.Net - Your Latin Stating Point (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-04)
		Since the Qin Dynasty, the Emperor has been formally styled the Son of Heaven, and as the descendant and representative of heaven on earth, legally has the absolute power over all mattters, big or small, under heaven.
		Adress to the Emperor is always to be formal and self-deprecatory, often even with the closest of family members.
		The Emperor's brothers and uncles serve in court by law with the status of any other court officials, and the Emperor is always elevated above despite chronological or generational superiority of another person in the family when in court.
	www.brujula.net /english/wiki/Emperor_of_China.html (795 words)

	Informat.io on Tongzhi Emperor
		The only surviving son of the Xianfeng Emperor and the Empress Dowager Cixi, Tongzhi attempted political reform in the period of the Tongzhi Restoration.
		The traditional Chinese political phrase "attending audiences behind a curtain" (垂簾聽政), which had already been used earlier in Chinese history, was used to describe Cixi's rule through her son the Tongzhi Emperor.
		Tongzhi became an emperor of the age of five when his father, the Xianfeng Emperor died.
	www.informat.io /?title=tongzhi-emperor (358 words)

	EduNETConnect.com - Time Machine - China & Japan
		On one side of the platform were the tents for the accommodation of the emperor and the royal family; and on the other side were the tents for the provincial and metropolitan officials.
		Shortly afterward the cry was passed along the street by the policemen that the emperor was approaching.
		It proved to be a false alarm, and after three of the emperor's horses, with yellow saddles and blankets on, had passed, the soldiers and police resumed their upright position.
	www.edunetconnect.com /TimeMachine/chinajapan-125.php (1285 words)

	Royalty.nu - Chinese History - Dowager Empress Tzu Hsi or Cixi
		But she had not won the emperor's affection; he soon lost interest in her because he was in love with another consort, Li Fei, who would mysteriously disappear after Tzu Hsi became empress, never to be heard from again.
		The new emperor, Kuang Hsu, was skinny, sickly, and terrified of the Empress Dowager.
		Supposedly the emperor was so terrified by the sight of her that he threw himself on the ground and said, "I am unworthy to rule.
	www.royalty.nu /Asia/China/TzuHsi.html (3019 words)

	Phoenix Art Museum - Secret World of the Forbidden City: Splendors from China's Imperial Palace
		The ten Emperors of the Qing Dynasty were the last to rule China and occupy the Forbidden City.
		Yongzheng was the fourth son of the previous Emperor and thus not immediately in line for the throne.
		Born in 1871, he was chosen at the age of 4 to be the new Emperor by his aunt, Dowager Empress Cixi.
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	Baxter's EduNET - Time Machine
		Tongzhi Restoration, named for the emperor Tongzhi (ruled 1862-74).
		The real power in China was the young emperor's mother, the "Empress Dowager" Ci Xi (born 1835, died 1908).
		No woman in China could hold real political power as an emperor, and only by ruling through a male member of the family could Ci Xi push through her policies.
	www.edunetconnect.com /cat/timemachine/125cj.html (609 words)

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		In 1872, Dowager Cixi\'s son, the Tongzhi Emperor, was married.
		Under suggestion of Empress Ci\'an and the decision of the Tongzhi Emperor, the new empress selected was Lady Alute.
		The Tongzhi Emperor agreed, and for several evenings, the Emperor disguised himself as a commoner, and secretly spent the nights in the prostitute house under the guidance of the eunuch.
	www.antiochcaus.com /details/Ci_Xi (4869 words)

	The Dowager Empress Cixi (meaning "Kindly and Virtuous”) ruled for 41 years (1861-1911)
		At age 16, she was chosen to become a concubine of the Qing Emperor Xianfeng (or Hsien Feng) because of her beauty, including luxuriant raven hair.
		The regency was to be shared by Cixi and the emperor’s first wife until the son came of age.
		When the new emperor turned 17 in 1889, Cixi theoretically surrendered her power to him, retiring to the Summer Palace.
	www.jadedragon.com /archives/travel/china/folktales.html (794 words)

	The Last Emperor
		He was emperor in a time that had passed emperors by.
		He was emperor, but emperor with a regent, then he was emperor but with no kingdom to rule, then he was emperor, but a fake emperor (a puppet to the Japanese), then he was an emperor in a communist re-education camp.
		1934-1935 -- Pu Yi was the Kangde Emperor of Manchuko.
	www.vernonjohns.org /snuffy1186/lastempr.html (861 words)

	Empress Dowager Cixi
		Received biographies of Cixi usually state that she was the daughter of a low-ranking Manchu official, Huizheng (惠征), of the Yehe-Nara clan, serving in Shanxi province and then in Anhui province.
		She was the de facto mother of Emperor Xianfeng, although not his biological mother.
		On August 22, 1861, in the wake of the Second Opium War, Emperor Xianfeng died at the Rehe Traveling Palace (熱河行宫), 230 km./140 miles northeast of Beijing, where the imperial court had fled.
	www.askfactmaster.com /Cixi (2687 words)

	East Asian Civ. II - essay 1
		The Emperor Tongzhi (1856-75) was only a child during this time of much needed development and died too early to make a real contribution.
		This was a severe setback in that those who might have hoped for a new Emperor to help them achieve a stronger China were forced (through the political manoeuvring of the Empress Dowager Cixi) to accept her continued rule.
		The death of the Emperor Tongzhi put paid to the hope of a ‘Tongzhi Restoration’ and the military setbacks toward the end of the century revealed the ineffectiveness and inadequacy of China’s military and naval forces.
	members.tripod.com /~boblindsay/eac2_1.html (2722 words)

	Ci_Xi - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-04)
		She lived next to the Garden Boulevard (????), and her job was to clean the boulevard and take care of the flowers and plants beside the boulevard.
		In 1872, the son of the Ci Xi Dowager Empress, the Tong Zhi Emperor, was married.
		The Ci Xi Dowager Empress was interred amidst the Eastern Qing Tombs (???), 125 kilometers/75 miles east of Beijing, in the Ding Dong Ling (???) tomb complex (literally: the "Tombs East of the Dingling Tomb"), along with the Ci An Dowager Empress.
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=Ci_Xi (4835 words)

	Gardening Supply, Gardening Gift, Gardening Gloves - Shopping, Services and Information at GARDENINGIWORLD.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-04)
		Her goal was that when the Emperor visits the Imperial Summer Palace Complex, he could change his traditional routes and walk through the Garden Boulevard.
		Under the suggestion of Dowager Empress Ci\'an and the will of Emperor Tongzhi, the new empress was Empress Alute.
		She warned Alute that an empress should allow an emperor to share his favour equally among his wives, and not to seize him alone.
	www.gardeniworld.com /wiki3-Ci_Xi (6061 words)

	The Grand Wedding of China's Last Emperor Puyi
		The wedding ceremony for Chinese emperors is known as a grand wedding.
		If the emperor married before ascending the throne, only a coronation ceremony would be held to bestow the title of empress on his bride.
		Among five openings, the central one was reserved for the emperor alone, with only two exceptions, the empress was entitled to go through it once - on her wedding day; and the first three successful candidates in the
	www.chinaculture.org /gb/en_chinaway/2006-04/20/content_81248.htm (429 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Ci Xi
		Later, the Xian Feng Emperor summoned eight of his most prestigious ministers, and named them as the "Eight Regent Ministers"?title=to direct and support the future emperor.
		Until age nineteen, the Guang Xu Emperor was "aided"?title=in his rule by Dowager Cixi.
		The Ci Xi Dowager Empress died in "Zhong Hai Yi Luan Dian"?title=(the Middle Sea Hall of Graceful Bird) ä¸æµ·ä»ªé¸¾æ®¿ on November 15, 1908, after having installed Puyi as the new Emperor of the Qing Dynasty on November 14.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Ci_Xi (4775 words)

	Portraits of Emperors
		Kangxi was the 4-th emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
		The portrait shows the young emperor Kangxi, sitting at his writing table and holding a thick writing brush.
		On the marble top of the table there are paper, ink, brush and inkstone, the "Four Treasures of the Study"; they are the tools of the painter and calligrapher.
	www.chinapage.com /emperor.html (250 words)

	Empress Dowager Ci'an - China-related Topics EM-EP - China-Related Topics
		She entered the Forbidden City in the late 1840s, and served as a maid, or lady-in-waiting, in the apartments of the crown prince, the future Xianfeng Emperor.
		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.
		For the next twenty years until her death in 1881, Ci'an assumed the regency of the Empire of the Great Qing, along with co-regent Cixi, first during the minority of TongzhiEmperor Tongzhi, then during the minority of the Guangxu Emperor after the premature death of Tongzhi in January 1875.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Empress_Dowager_Ci'an (1498 words)

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