Qing · Royal Family Member

Empress Dowager 皇太后

Huang Taihou

Attested AD 1875

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Dowager was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1875 十餘年來，仰賴皇太后、皇上
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 386, passages 109, 121

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 386, passages 121-122

Events and relationships

Credited with stabilizing popular loyalty
Political · Regent ruler
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 386, passages 121-122
Relation Co regent with · Person Emperor Guangxu (德宗)
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 386, passages 121-122

Assessments and attributes

Assessment exerted spirit to govern well, toiling from dawn to dusk; vigilant morning and evening · Mode quotation Speaker Wenxiang (文祥)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 386, passages 121-122

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 386, passage 121

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 386Volume 386 Biographies 173: Wen Qing, Wen Xiang, Bao Yun · 2 passages

十餘年來，仰賴皇太后、皇上勵精圖治，宵旰勤勞，無間隙之可尋； For more than a decade the realm has relied on the empress dowager and Your Majesty ruling with tireless diligence, leaving no opening for exploit;

在事諸臣始得遇事維持，未至啟釁，偶有乾求，尚能往返爭持，不至太甚，非洋務之順手，及在事者折沖之力，皆我皇太后、皇上朝乾夕惕，事事期符民隱，人心固結，有以折外族之心，而杜未形之患也。 so that officials handling foreign affairs could hold the line, avoid provocation, and even push back on unreasonable demands. That is not because foreign policy has gone smoothly or because negotiators have been unusually skillful, but because Your Majesty and the empress dowager have ruled with constant vigilance, aligned policy with the people's wishes, and kept popular loyalty firm—thereby restraining foreign ambition and heading off dangers before they appear.