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The 27 pages that link to Empress Dowager Cixi, each with the reason it gives.

• Qing dynastyBroader topic: Her influence shaped the dynasty’s response to crisis and reform.

• First Sino-Japanese WarRelated: The Qing court’s policies and priorities shaped the state that entered the war.

• Self-Strengthening MovementRelated: Her court shaped the resources and constraints facing reform projects.

• Boxer RebellionRelated: Her court first opposed the Boxers, then supported war against foreign powers.

• Hundred Days' ReformRelated: Her intervention ended the reform drive and placed Guangxu under confinement.

• Li HongzhangRelated: Li served the court under her authority during the dynasty’s reform and diplomatic crises.

• Late Qing reformsRelated: Cixi authorized the post-1901 reform program after previously opposing the 1898 reform movement.

• Sino-French WarRelated: The war unfolded amid court disputes over military policy and the response to French pressure.

• Zeng GuofanRelated: Her regency began as Zeng's forces were ending the Taiping conflict and restoring Qing authority.

• Boxer ProtocolRelated: Her court authorized acceptance of the settlement after fleeing Beijing.

• PuyiRelated: She arranged Puyi’s accession shortly before her death.

• Kang YouweiCompared with: Her intervention reversed the political opening Kang had secured.

• Wu ZetianCompared with: Her authority, like Lü’s, remained formally distinct from Wu’s direct claim to emperorship.

• Heungseon DaewongunRelated: Daewongun’s imprisonment in China placed him within Qing court decisions over Joseon affairs.

• Prince GongRelated: She became Prince Gong’s central political partner after the 1861 coup, though their alliance later fractured.

• Zuo ZongtangRelated: The court under Cixi ultimately backed the decision to recover Xinjiang.

• Eight-Nation AllianceRelated: Her court’s shifting support for the Boxers shaped the conditions facing allied forces.

• Tongzhi RestorationRelated: She was a central court authority throughout the restoration period.

• Xianfeng EmperorRelated: She emerged as a central power broker in the succession settlement following his death.

• Aisin GioroRelated: Her regencies shaped the clan’s late-imperial rule amid mounting internal and foreign crises.

• Foot bindingRelated: Her court issued an anti-foot-binding edict in 1902, later withdrawn under pressure.

• Guangxu EmperorRelated: She dominated Guangxu’s court and led the coup that ended his reform campaign.

• Emperor of ChinaCompared with: Her political authority shows that influence at court did not always belong to the sovereign.

• Chinese EmpireRelated: Her political career unfolded during the dynasty’s efforts to respond to internal and foreign pressures.

• History of BeijingRelated: Her court made Beijing the center of late Qing crises and reform efforts.

• Mutual Defense Pact of the Southeastern ProvincesRelated: Her court’s crisis decisions prompted southeastern officials to act independently.

• Sophia Alekseyevna of RussiaCompared with: Both exercised power through dynastic legitimacy, though in different political systems and periods.