South China Morning Post · Empress Xiaozhuangwen

How China’s Empress Xiaozhuangwen shaped the Qing dynasty without ever taking the throne

· By Lisa Cam
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Empress Xiaozhuangwen secured power, averted crises and deposed enemies while raising and guiding China’s longest-serving emperor

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