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Ci’an

empress dowager of China
Also known as: Tz’u-an

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association with Cixi

  • Cixi
    In Cixi

    …and Xianfeng’s former senior consort, Ci’an, orchestrated a coup with Gong Qinwang (Prince Gong), the former emperor’s brother, the regency was transferred to Cixi and Ci’an. Gong became the prince counsellor.

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role in China

  • China
    In China: The Self-Strengthening Movement

    …Cixi and another empress dowager, Ci’an, in the palace and by Prince Gong and Wen Xiang, with the Zongli Yamen as their base of operation. The core of their foreign policy was expressed by Prince Gong as “overt peace with the Western nations in order to gain time for recovering…

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