Two Years in the Forbidden City
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About This Book
"A work of Princess Der Ling. This ebook contains the original content. 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...
Chapters (25)
- TWO YEARS IN THE FORBIDDEN CITY
- First Lady In Waiting To The Empress Dowager
- TO MY BELOVED FATHER LORD YU KENG
- FOREWORD
- TWO YEARS IN THE FORBIDDEN CITY
- INTRODUCTORY
- CHAPTER TWO—AT THE PALACE
- CHAPTER THREE—A PLAY AT THE COURT
- CHAPTER FOUR—A LUNCHEON WITH THE EMPRESS
- CHAPTER FIVE—AN AUDIENCE WITH THE EMPRESS
- CHAPTER SIX—IN ATTENDANCE ON HER MAJESTY
- CHAPTER SEVEN—SOME INCIDENTS OF THE COURT
- CHAPTER EIGHT—THE COURT LADIES
- CHAPTER NINE—THE EMPEROR KWANG HSU
- CHAPTER TEN—THE YOUNG EMPRESS
- CHAPTER ELEVEN—OUR COSTUMES
- CHAPTER TWELVE—THE EMPRESS AND MRS. CONGER
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN—THE EMPRESS'S PORTRAIT
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN—THE EMPEROR'S BIRTHDAY
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN—THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN—THE SUMMER PALACE
- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN—THE AUDIENCE HALL
- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN—THE NEW YEAR FESTIVALS
- CHAPTER NINETEEN—THE SEA PALACE
- CHAPTER TWENTY—CONCLUSION
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