tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post6940717425521633926..comments2024-03-16T01:00:19.876-05:00Comments on The Mad Monarchist: Consort Profile: Empress Dowager CixiMadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-57874238536238126842015-12-12T15:31:21.130-06:002015-12-12T15:31:21.130-06:00She was the worst imperial leader China had, when ...She was the worst imperial leader China had, when China tried to pull itself together in 1898 she kicked it right back down and made sure it failed. if i had been the Emperor i would of executed her on the spot right when i gained powerAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01465755288215068670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-9310980062733992202014-10-13T01:30:15.054-05:002014-10-13T01:30:15.054-05:00It is Cixi's fault that the Qing Empire fell, ...It is Cixi's fault that the Qing Empire fell, if she had not overthrown Guangxu and not supported the Boxers, the empire would have lasted longer. but all she cared about was her power and prestige Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01465755288215068670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-8706190620215375692010-12-04T16:51:18.557-06:002010-12-04T16:51:18.557-06:00As the biographer of Princess Der Ling, one of the...As the biographer of Princess Der Ling, one of the Empress Dowager's great defenders, and author of a new study of the friendship of the dowager and American diplomatic wife Sarah Pike Conger, I commend you for presenting the truth about Cixi and her reign. Even in China, the same old fairy tales are told about her. Thank you for helping to clear the air, as it were!<br /><br />Grant Hayter-MenziesGrant Hayter-Menzieshttp://solongletty.tripod.com/congernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-73697568257280181302010-12-03T04:58:22.374-06:002010-12-03T04:58:22.374-06:00After reading this post I would like to suggest to...After reading this post I would like to suggest to you the wonderfull book called: "Dragon Lady: The Life and Legend of the Last Empress of China" by Sterling Seagrave.<br />In my opinion its the only book on Empress Dowager Cixi and the time during her reign over the Manchu Empire worth reading.<br />Beacause it shows that everything known today about the Empress, The Boxer Rebellion and so on is based on Racism, Imperialism and Sexism. And can be traced back to only two men: Edmund Backhouse and George Morisson, Backhouse in particular.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-22926325168079510312010-12-03T02:48:15.879-06:002010-12-03T02:48:15.879-06:00multiple advisers suggested to the Dowager Empress...multiple advisers suggested to the Dowager Empress, who fled to Xi'an, continue guerilla warfare and operations during the allied capture of Beijing in the Boxer war. Under the Dowager Empress's direct command were around 1,000 Manchu bannermen, what was left of the probably 30,000 Manchu force from Beijing, and several thousand muslim troops- and China had plenty of arsenals in its interior equipped with modern guns.<br /><br />It was only because the allied commanders, after launching a few expeditions, decided that to conquer the "entire" china would require massive military resources which they lacked, and counting the sheer number of chinese, that they decided to compromise, and offer the Dowager Empress an opportunity to keep the throne is she signed the boxer protocol. When she received the offer she decided to quits too, since the protocol would have allowed China to retain essentially all land that was conquered, except for garrisons of foreign troops posted at strategic points on the Tianjin- Beijing path, and the massive indemity payments, and various other "symbolic" humiliations, such as apologizing which did not matter much in material value.<br /><br />the Qing did not capitulate to all the terms of the treaty. The foreigners demanded the execution of Prince Tuan, and a number of others, but they were forced to change the demand to exile after the Qing refused to perform the executions.<br /><br />And Prince Tuan did not even go into exile in the place that was demanded in the protocol. He settled down in some mansion in the inner mongolia region instead of Xinjiang.B&Enoreply@blogger.com