Red Chamber (Volumes 1 and 2)

Author: Gao Yang
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: The Complete Biography of Empress Dowager Cixi. The Hundred Days' Reform pushed the conflict between the Emperor's faction and the Empress Dowager's faction to an extreme. Thanks to Yuan Shikai's "impromptu decision," the Empress Dowager's faction rose to the pinnacle of power. The court intended to use the Boxer Movement to eliminate foreigners but failed to stop the foreigners' relentless advance. Empress Dowager Cixi ordered someone to throw Zhen Fei into a well and then fled with the emperor in a panic. The country's destiny reached a critical historical juncture.