Soul in the Forbidden City: The Memoirs of Empress Dowager Cixi's Imperial Attendant, De Ling: The Memoirs of Empress Dowager Cixi's Imperial Attendant, De Ling

Author: De Ling
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: Although De Ling's works are influenced by her own thoughts and historical limitations and contain some erroneous viewpoints, the mainstream of her works, with astonishing memory, relentless exploration, meticulous observation, bold imagination, and association, vividly portray "Qing Palace figures" and depict "Qing Palace life," imbued with a strong sense of the era and court characteristics. Especially, they outline the multi-dimensional personality of Empress Dowager Cixi, making up for the shortcomings of the late Empress Dowager Cixi in historical records and art. These works hold high literary value, as well as certain historical, appreciative, academic, and collectible value. This is something that court writers who had never seen Empress Dowager Cixi could only envy.