The browser you are using is not supported by this website. All versions of Internet Explorer are no longer supported, either by us or Microsoft (read more here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/windows/end-of-ie-support).

Please use a modern browser to fully experience our website, such as the newest versions of Edge, Chrome, Firefox or Safari etc.

Cixi - Draktronens Härskarinna

På svenska

Author

  • Charlotte Colliander

Summary, in English

Empress Dowager Cixi governed China during the final five decades of the Qing dynasty. She was for many years depicted as a cruel megalomaniac, lately Cixi has been described in a more nuanced way. This paper seeks to analyze how a selection of sources describe a number of specific events in connection with Cixi and the Guangxu-emperor and his concubine Zhenfei. The objective is to discuss what this reveals about Cixi as an individual and evaluate whether it is possible for historians to arrive at a more truthful picture.

Department/s

Publishing year

2010

Language

Swedish

Document type

Student publication for Bachelor's degree

Topic

  • Languages and Literatures

Keywords

  • änkekejsarinna
  • Qingdynastin
  • Zhenfei
  • Guangxu
  • Prins Chun
  • Prins Gong
  • Tongzhi
  • Xianfeng
  • Cixi
  • Yehenala
  • De hundra dagarnas reform
  • förmyndarregent

Supervisor

  • Michael Schoenhals