Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu

Author: [American] He Delan
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Publishing Date: 2004-10-01
Features: The author is He Delan, the American name of Ichabod Taylor Headland (1859–1942). He was a missionary of the American Board of Missions in China. He came to China in 1888 and served as a teacher of liberal arts and theology at Peking Union College. He witnessed the entire final years of the Qing Dynasty with his own eyes. Having lived in China for a long time and having extensive contact with the upper class, he wrote this book based on his personal observations, which provides valuable insights into that era. For example, many materials have mentioned Emperor Guangxu's love for reading and Empress Dowager Cixi's calligraphy and painting, but the detailed details revealed in the book are previously unknown.