Two Years in the Forbidden City

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023

In Category - *Non-fiction, Biography & Autobiography, History

Authors: Der Ling Yu In Year : 1911

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Two Years in the Forbidden City

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

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)