Princess Ling: 2 Years in the Forbidden City

Cover: 9788028336707 | 2 Years in the Forbidden City | Princess Ling | Taschenbuch | Englisch

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Princess Der Ling's 2 Years in the Forbidden City is an intimate memoir of service at the Qing court, centered on her years as lady-in-waiting and interpreter to the Empress Dowager Cixi. Written in clear, observant prose, it combines court chronicle, personal reminiscence, and cultural mediation, offering rare descriptions of ritual, dress, etiquette, audiences, and domestic life behind palace walls. Published in the early twentieth century, it belongs to a moment when Western readers were eager to interpret imperial China, yet it complicates stereotypes by presenting Cixi as politically formidable, theatrical, vulnerable, and human. Der Ling was unusually positioned to write such a book. Daughter of the diplomat Yu Keng, she spent formative years in Europe and moved between Chinese aristocratic society and cosmopolitan foreign circles. Her linguistic ability, court access, and hybrid education allowed her to translate not only words but manners, assumptions, and political tensions between worlds. This book is recommended for readers of memoir, Qing history, women's history, and cross-cultural encounter. Though shaped by its author's loyalties and audience, it remains a vivid, indispensable witness to a vanishing imperial order.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2023
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9788028336707
ISBN-10:	8028336701
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Ling, Princess
Hersteller:	Sharp Ink
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Copycat s.r.o., 22, Holesovice, Schnirchova 662, ?-170 00 Prague, kristoferpaetau@gmail.com
Maße:	229 x 152 x 9 mm
Von/Mit:	Princess Ling
Erscheinungsdatum:	23.11.2023
Gewicht:	0,279 kg