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Two Years in the Forbidden City

Two Years in the Forbidden City

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Number of Chapters: 22

Length: 9 hours and 35 minutes

Language: English

THE author of the following narrative has peculiar qualifications for her task. She is a daughter of Lord Yu Keng, a member of the Manchu White Banner Corps, and one of the most advanced and progressive Chinese officials of his generation. she became First Lady-in-Waiting to the Empress Dowager, and while serving at the Court in that capacity she received the impressions which provide the subject-matter of this book. Her opportunity to observe and estimate the characteristics of the remarkable woman who ruled China for so long was unique, and her narrative throws a new light on one of the most extraordinary personalities of modern times. Yielding to the urgent solicitation of friends, she consented to put some of her experiences into literary form, and the following chronicle, in which the most famous of Chinese women, the customs and atmosphere of her Court are portrayed by an intimate of the same race, is a result. (Summary adapted from the Foreword)

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Foreword (Jc Guan)
Introductory (Jc Guan)
At The Palace (Jc Guan)
A Play at the Court (Jc Guan)
A Luncheon with the Empress (Jc Guan)
An Audience with the Empress (Jc Guan)
In Attendance on Her Majesty (Jc Guan)
Some Incidents of the Court (Jc Guan)
The Court Ladies (Jc Guan)
The Emperor Kwang Hsu (Jc Guan)
The Young Empress (Jc Guan)
Our Costumes (Jc Guan)
The Empress and Mrs. Conger (Jc Guan)
The Empress's Portrait, part 1 (Jc Guan)
The Empress's Portrait, part 2 (Jc Guan)
The Emperor's Birthday (Jc Guan)
The Mid-Autumn Festival (Jc Guan)
The Summer Palace (Jc Guan)
The Audience Hall (Jc Guan)
The New Year Festivals (Jc Guan)
The Sea Palace (Jc Guan)
Conclusion (Jc Guan)
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