Qing · Qing Empress Dowager

Empress Dowager Cixi 孝欽顯皇后

Xiàoqīnxiǎn Huánghòu

Attested AD 1900

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Dowager Cixi was a Qing Empress Dowager.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1900 光緒二十六年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 495, passage 8

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Associated with
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 495, passage 8

Events and relationships

Fled west
AD 1900 光緒二十六年 · Political · Empress dowager · With Emperor Guangxu (德宗)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 495, passage 8

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 495Volume 495 Biographies 282: Loyal and Righteous 9 · 1 passage

光緒二十六年，拳匪肇禍，各國聯軍破京都，德宗奉孝欽顯皇后西狩，奕功以世受國恩，未能隨扈，引火自焚。 In Guangxu 26 the Boxer uprising erupted, the allied armies of the foreign powers took the capital, and Emperor Guangxu escorted Empress Dowager Cixi west in flight. Yigong, who had long enjoyed the dynasty's favor, was unable to join the imperial flight and burned himself to death.