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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;say_it_slowly, post: 51805, member: 50&quot;]<b>Guangxu 1875-1908</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The reign of the Guangxu (Glorious Succession) Emperor lasted from 1875 to 1908. His name was <i>Zaitian AISIN-GIORO</i>. He was born August 14, 1871 and ascended the throne in 1875 at the age of four as the tenth emperor of the Manchu Qing dynasty and the ninth Qing emperor to rule over China proper. He was adopted by the <i>Empress Dowager Cixi</i> as her son.</p><p>Until age nineteen, in 1894, the Guangxu Emperor was &quot;aided&quot; in his rule by the Empress Dowager Cixi. Four years later, in 1898 at age 23, he initiated the Hundred Days&#039; Reform in an attempt to modernize China which was abruptly stopped same year by Cixi, after which he was put under house arrest until his death in November 14, 1908. The cause of his death remains a mystery until this day.</p><p>He was succeeded by Empress Dowager Cixi&#039;s handpicked heir, his nephew <i>Puyi</i>, who became the <i>Xuantong</i> Emperor.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://gotheborg.com/marks/bild/q9.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And look as rose family, rose medallion perhaps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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