... this century. B. Summary of evidence In 18511 the young girl that was to become empress Tz'u-hsi entered the court as a concubine. She gave birth to the emperor's son and after the death of the emperor she came to take a big part in the rule of the country since her son was too young to climb the throne. When her son came to the age where he could take power, also he died and Tz'u-hsi came to rule the country as the empress-dowager Tz'u-hsi2. Thirty years after the death of the emperor, a three-year old child came to power through manipulations from empress Tz'u-hsi and the child was given the name Küang-hsu. When putting him in power, she broke the dynastic laws of succession, but no one dared to oppose her. If the laws had been followed, she would have lost almost all of her power. But now, she could continue ...

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