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Empress Dowager Cixi: From Concubine to Empress

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There was no reason for a girl from a bankrupt official's family, born Lan'er (meaning "Orchid"), to enter Chinese history as the Great Empress with the motto "Merciful and Bestower of Happiness." However, Orchid struck it lucky: during a campaign to select concubines for Emperor Xianfeng, it was discovered that the combination of characters denoting her birthdate was highly auspicious for the throne, making Orchid one of the winners. This meant little—Xianfeng had several dozen official concubines and a wife—but it was a start. Vladimir Semanov's book tells the story of Orchid's rise to power, shunning nothing, and how she ruled with an iron fist. The author has pored over numerous Chinese and English-language sources. The result is a biography reminiscent of a detective novel, with treacherous intrigues and cold-blooded murders.
Vladimir Semanov (1933–2010) – Sinologist, Doctor of Philology, and Distinguished Professor at Moscow State University.
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