 | John Otway Percy Bland - 1910 - 636 pages
...disposed of, and may possibly be revived upon the conclusion of the present Regent's term of office.1 Shortly after Tzu Hsi's retirement from public affairs...services as Chamberlain of the Palace, Head of the i In that event it would not be the Yehonala clan alone which would benefit, as the present Emperor's... | |
 | 1911 - 624 pages
...she paid repeated visits to Prince Ch'un's bedside. This Prince had always been a favourite with Tzii Hsi, who greatly preferred him to his elder brothers...services as Chamberlain of the Palace, Head of the 1 In that event it would not be the Yehonala clan alone which would benefit, as the present Emperor's... | |
 | Edmund Trelawney Backhouse (Sir).) - 1910 - 614 pages
...disposed of, and may possibly be revived upon the conclusion of the present Regent's term of office. 1 Shortly after Tzu Hsi's retirement from public affairs...services as Chamberlain of the Palace, Head of the 1 In that event it would not be the Yehonala clan alone which would benefit, as the present Emperor's... | |
 | Herbert E. Norman - 2011 - 340 pages
...Southern China. This diehard conservative, the favorite Councillor of Tzu Hsi said: "It were better to hand over the Empire to the Foreign Devils, than...surrender it at the dictation of these Chinese rebels." Quoted in JOP Bland and E. Backhouse, China Under the Empress Dou'ager, London, 1912, p. 166. 54 It... | |
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Shortly after Tzu Hsi's retirement from public affairs the Emperor's father, Prince Ch'un, fell ill of a sickness which increased until, on 1st January 1891, he died. In 1890, the Censorate, deeply concerned for a strict observance of the laws and ceremonial... 