Cí xī
Cixi county level city in Ningbo 寧波|宁波[Ning2 bo1], Zhejiang
Cí xī shì
Cixi county level city in Ningbo 寧波|宁波[Ning2 bo1], Zhejiang
Cí Xǐ
Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (reigned 1861-1908)
Fó yé
Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shì jiā móu ní])
His Holiness (refers to a Buddhist grandee)
Buddha
God
emperor
in late Qing court, refers exclusively to Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后
Cí xǐ Tài hòu
Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908
Lǎo fó yé
title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father
nickname for Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4]
wù xū zhèng biàn
coup by Dowager Empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Cí Xǐ tài hòu] ending the 1898 attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
Ān Dé hǎi
An Dehai (-1869), the Qing equivalent of Rasputin, all-powerful court eunuch with the dowager empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4], executed in 1869 by her rival Empress Mother Empress Dowager Ci'an 慈安皇太后
Fó ye
Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2])
His Holiness (refers to a Buddhist grandee)
Buddha
God
emperor
in late Qing court, refers exclusively to Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4]
Cí xǐ tài hòu
Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908
Wù xū Zhèng biàn
coup by Dowager Empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4] ending the 1898 attempt to reform the Qing dynasty