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Two Years in the Forbidden City

by Princess Der Ling

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  1. Foreword

    3:32

  2. Introductory

    15:34

  3. At The Palace

    17:26

  4. A Play at the Court

    22:11

  5. A Luncheon with the Empress

    12:15

  6. An Audience with the Empress

    10:09

  7. In Attendance on Her Majesty

    26:00

  8. Some Incidents of the Court

    30:26

  9. The Court Ladies

    24:40

  10. The Emperor Kwang Hsu

    31:57

  11. The Young Empress

    36:05

  12. Our Costumes

    24:55

  13. The Empress and Mrs. Conger

    46:20

  14. The Empress's Portrait, part 1

    26:46

  15. The Empress's Portrait, part 2

    29:41

  16. The Emperor's Birthday

    43:24

  17. The Mid-Autumn Festival

    28:00

  18. The Summer Palace

    35:46

  19. The Audience Hall

    24:15

  20. The New Year Festivals

    25:36

  21. The Sea Palace

    28:43

  22. Conclusion

    31:37

Two Years in the Forbidden City (1911) is a public domain work.

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A crowded arrival in rainy Shanghai begins Princess Der Ling’s account of returning to China after her father’s diplomatic service in Paris. Published in 1911, this memoir follows the family toward Peking and the court of the Empress Dowager Cixi. Travel arrangements, official welcomes and a ceremony of respect introduce a world where rank shapes even the smallest public action.

Inside the palace, the focus becomes more personal. Der Ling describes helping prepare an embroidered gown and matching ornaments before an audience with an American admiral and minister. The court ladies watch from behind a screen while formal greetings unfold. Clothing, seating, entrances and conversations reveal how ceremony worked in practice. For readers interested in Chinese court history, the appeal lies in these observed details and in the narrator’s account of serving a ruler whose private moods accompany her public authority.

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Memoir
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