Soul in the Forbidden City (De Ling's Experiences as an Imperial Concubine to Empress Dowager Cixi, Volume 1 and 2)

Author: De Ling, a Qing Dynasty author, translated by Gu Qiuxin and others, edited by Tan Baosen
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Publishing Date: 2003-09-01
Features: Although De Ling's works are influenced by her personal 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 depict the "Qing court figures" and portray the "Qing court life," imbued with a strong sense of the era and courtly characteristics. Especially, it outlines the various personalities of Empress Dowager Cixi with flesh and blood, making up for the lack of a late-life Cixi image 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 met Empress Dowager Cixi could only envy.