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A 5 page research paper on the life of Tzu Hsi, who has the mother of the emperor became the power behind the throne of China for fifty years. Ambitious, xenophobic, anti-modern and superstitious, she lived a life of luxury and ostentation to the detriment of her country. Her rule, rather then preserving traditional Chinese culture as she desired, undoubtedly hastened the dominance of China by the foreign influences. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
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the remainder of the nineteenth century and into the twentieth. Ambitious, xenophobic, anti-modern and superstitious, she lived a life of luxury and ostentation to the detriment of her country (Empress
Dowager btcixi.htm). Her rule, rather then preserving traditional Chinese culture as she desired, undoubtedly hastened the dominance of China by the foreign influences (Hooker CHING.HTM) . At the time, China was
ruled by the Manchus (Frankenstein china4.asp). Originally nomads from Manchuria, the Manchus conquered China around 220 BC (Concubine TzuHsi.html). Like many other prominent families in China, Yehonalas family were Manchu
and actually had little contact with the Chinese people (Last Emperor PuYi.html). While still a teenager, Yehonala became enamoured of a Manchu garrison commander, Jung Lu and they planned to
marry; however, Yehnalas beauty caught the eye of emperor and at the age of sixteen, she was chosen to be a concubine of Emperor Hasien Feng (Concubine TzuHsi.html). Rather
then marry the man whom she loved, Yehonala went to live in the Forbidden City, the vast complex of palaces and gardens that was the home of the emperor. There
she assumed the court name of "Tzu Hsi," which means "kindly and virtuous" (Concubine TzuHsi.html). In English, this name can also be spelled Tsu Hsi, Tse Hsi, Tzu His,
Zi Xi and Cixi (Concubine TzuHsi.html; Zi Xi PG; Tzu-Hsi PG). Although the emperor had many wives and concubines, only Tzu Hsi gave him a son. Due to
this fact, Tzu Hsi was able to begin her rise to power with numerous "promotions," from concubine to wife to "Empress of the Western Palace" (Concubine TzuHsi.html). When the
emperor died, Tzu Hsis five-year-old son, Tung Chih became emperor. Which made Tzu Hsi the dowager empress (Concubine TzuHsi.html). Officially, she was one of eight regents named by the
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