Okay, here is the translation following your instructions: Correctly Speaking about Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang: This dynasty's rise was due to the Empress Dowager

Author: Ding Yanshi
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Zheng Shuo Xiaozhuang—This Reign's Rise from the Empress Dowager and Zheng Shuo Cixi—This Reign's Fall from the Empress Dowager are sister works. In the early days of its founding and during its collapse, the Qing Dynasty saw two empress dowagers who profoundly influenced the rise and fall of the nation and the rise and fall of the regime—Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang and Empress Dowager Cixi. Together, they directly or indirectly held power for a total of ninety years and partially or fully controlled four of the eleven emperors of the Qing Dynasty, surpassing one-third of the entire Qing Dynasty's rule. This is rare in the history of the world, both ancient and modern! These two empress dowagers, separated by over two hundred years, share many similarities in their life journeys. Their ages at marriage differed by five years, the ages at which they gave birth by three years, the ages at which they were widowed by one year, and the ages at which they were promoted to empress dowager and died were also only one year apart. Both empress dowagers were widowed in their prime and raised two young emperors. These many coincidences are truly anomalies in history. However, there were also significant differences between them. Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang came from the vast grasslands of the Gobi, where she herded sheep, rode horses, and was close to nature, cultivating a broad-minded, reverent toward heaven and ancestors, and benevolent personality. Empress Dowager Cixi grew up in the late Qing Dynasty, influenced by the declining politics of the time, and became narrow-minded, vying for power and self-centered. The difference between the virtue and vice of the two is immeasurable. The rise of the Great Qing cannot be separated from Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang's contributions; the fall of the Great Qing cannot escape Empress Dowager Cixi's faults. Thus, the two books Zheng Shuo Xiaozhuang—This Reign's Rise from the Empress Dowager and Zheng Shuo Cixi—This Reign's Fall from the Empress Dowager were created.