The Rise and Recklessness of a Palace Eunuch In the intricate power dynamics of the Qing Dynasty’s Forbidden City, eunuchs […]
The Rise of a Controversial Eunuch In the intricate power dynamics of the Qing Dynasty’s Forbidden City, few figures were […]
A Fractured Dynasty: The Precarious Balance of Power In the hushed corridors of the Forbidden City during the late Qing […]
A Throne Built on Shadows: The Precarious Rise of the Tongzhi Emperor When six-year-old Zaichun ascended the dragon throne as […]
The Precarious Throne: A Child Emperor’s Inheritance When the Xianfeng Emperor died suddenly in 1861, he left behind more than […]
The Precarious Throne: Tongzhi’s Ascension and Upbringing Emperor Tongzhi (1856–1875), born Zaichun, inherited the Qing dynasty’s throne at the tender […]
The Weight of the Throne: Child Emperors in the Qing Dynasty The Qing Dynasty (1644–1912) witnessed several child emperors ascending […]
A Reluctant Scholar on the Dragon Throne Emperor Tongzhi (1856-1875), who ascended the Qing dynasty throne at age six following […]
The Weight of the Dragon Throne: Tongzhi’s Early Years When the Xianfeng Emperor died in 1861, his five-year-old son Zaichun […]
The Political Landscape and the Need for Imperial Tutelage In the early 1860s, China was undergoing a period of profound […]
The Weight of Imperial Expectations For any child in 19th-century China, education represented the pathway to future success. For an […]
A Dynasty in Crisis: The Backdrop of the Xianfeng Era The year 1861 marked a pivotal moment in Qing Dynasty […]
The Crisis of Succession in Late Qing China The death of Emperor Xianfeng in August 1861 at the Rehe Mountain […]
A Dynasty in Crisis: The Death of Emperor Xianfeng The summer of 1861 marked a turning point for China’s Qing […]
The Crisis of the Qing Dynasty The mid-19th century was a period of turmoil for China’s Qing Dynasty. The Second […]
A Fateful Night in the Mountain Resort On the 16th day of the seventh lunar month in 1861, an air […]
A Throne in Crisis: The Failing Health of Emperor Xianfeng By July 1861, Emperor Xianfeng’s tuberculosis had reached a critical […]
A Prince’s Paradise in the Mountain Retreat In the eighth month of the 1860 lunar calendar, the young imperial heir […]
The Historical Significance of Rehe For the Qing Dynasty, the city of Rehe (modern-day Chengde) was far more than a […]
A Dynasty in Peril: The Qing Empire Under Siege In the tenth year of Xianfeng’s reign (1860), the once-mighty Qing […]
The Seeds of Conflict in the Forbidden City The tension between Empress Dowager Cixi (then known as Noble Consort Yi) […]
A Court in Crisis: The Decline of the Xianfeng Emperor The Forbidden City in the late 1850s presented a scene […]
