The Empress Dowager, Tz’u-hsi, and the Imperial Eunuchs, Peking, 1902-08.
The Empress Dowager, Tz’u-hsi, and the Imperial Eunuchs, Peking, 1902-08.
Tz’u-hsi was the real power behind the Chinese throne. One of the most extraordinary women of the 19th century, she had great ambition and remarkable political expertise. After backing the ill-fated Boxer Uprising in 1900, she softened her lifelong hostility to foreigners.
Photographer: Yu, Court Photographer
Source: Imperial China, p.21
The Empress Dowager, Tz’u-hsi, and the Imperial Eunuchs, Peking, 1902-08.
The Empress Dowager, Tz’u-hsi, and the Imperial Eunuchs, Peking, 1902-08.
Tz’u-hsi was the real power behind the Chinese throne. One of the most extraordinary women of the 19th century, she had great ambition and remarkable political expertise. After backing the ill-fated Boxer Uprising in 1900, she softened her lifelong hostility to foreigners.
Photographer: Yu, Court Photographer
Source: Imperial China, p.21