Who's Who in the Far East/TZU-HSI, Dowager Empress of China
TZU-HSI, Dowager Empress of China (PEKING), b. 1834, at Peking; d. of Government official. Became one of the secondary wives of Emperor Hienfung, 1851; upon giving birth to a son was raised to rank of Empress; after death of Emperor reigned as Joint Regent with first wife, who died in 1880; from 1880 to 1887 ruled as sole Regent; in 1898 practically deposed the present Emperor, Kuang-hsu, owing to his leaning towards reform, and has since administered the Government; is a woman of great strength of character but opposed to innovation and is more than suspected of having given countenance to the Boxer Rising in 1900. Residence: The Forbidden City, Peking, China.