"The Empress Dowager and Me: An Account of Private Life in the Late Qing Imperial Court"

Author: Yung Ling, De Ling
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: This can be considered one of the earliest historical oral records. Yung Ling and De Ling were the favored close attendants of Empress Dowager Cixi at that time, and among the few princesses of the late Qing Dynasty who had received Western education and could speak English and French. Yung Ling's Recollections of a Concubine's Life and De Ling's Childhood Memories narrate their court life alongside Empress Dowager Cixi and the political changes of the late Qing Dynasty. These are invaluable firsthand materials for understanding late Qing life and history, and are extremely precious. This book is an oral record of two of Empress Dowager Cixi's favored close attendants at that time, documenting the court life of these Western-educated princesses alongside the empress and the political changes of the late Qing Dynasty.