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最新章节：Two Years In The Forbidden City.doc
- THEauthorofthefollowingnarrativehaspeculiarqualificationsforhertask.SheisadaughterofLordYuKeng,amemberoftheManchuWhiteBannerCorps,andoneofthemostadvancedandprogressiveChineseofficialsofhisgeneration.shebecameFirstLady-in-WaitingtotheEmpressDowager,andwhileservingattheCourtinthatcapacityshereceivedtheimpressionswhichprovidethesubject-matterofthisbook.HeropportunitytoobserveandestimatethecharacteristicsoftheremarkablewomanwhoruledChinaforsolongwasunique,andhernarrativethrowsanewlightononeofthemostextraordinarypersonalitiesofmoderntimes.Yieldingtotheurgentsolicitationoffriends,sheconsentedtoputsomeofherexperiencesintoliteraryform,andthefollowingchronicle,inwhichthemostfamousofChinesewomen,thecustomsandatmosphereofherCourtareportrayedbyanintimateofthesamerace,isaresult.
