Tongzhi Emperor [SEP] father
unsuccessful attempt to stabilise and modernise China.
Life.
The only surviving son of the Xianfeng Emperor and Empress Dowager Cixi, the Tongzhi Emperor attempted political reform in the period of the Tongzhi Restoration. His first regnal name was Qixiang (祺祥; Manchu: "Fengšengge sabingga"), but this name was later abandoned by Cixi in favour of "Tongzhi", a contraction of the classical phrase "tong gui yu zhi" (), which means "restoring order together". An alternate interpretation reads it as
Under the influence of her father, she learnt to write with both hands aptly. She was famous among the Manchu aristocracy for her talent, moral character and looks.
Life Tongzhi era.
In 1872, Lady Arute was chosen to be Empress by the Tongzhi Emperor. She was specially chosen to help in the reconciliation of rivals in the Qing imperial court. Lady Arute's maternal grandfather, Duanhua, was a former political rival of the emperor's mother, Empress Dowager Cixi. It was said that there was an argument