Professor Yangwen Zhong

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204 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 3 Jul

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You're Dead to Me · Empress Dowager Cixi (Radio Edit) · 3 Jul 2026 podcast

But they're Manchu.

Remember, Manchu are overlords.

Okay.

Yeah, so no matter how low you are as a Manchu...

you're always higher than the Chinese.

Yes.

I would say she had a very good upbringing because she was able to read and write.

She's a very good painter.

Wow.

And she could sing.

In a way, they were bringing her up probably in the hope that she will marry up.

Yes.

So what happens is every two or three years, the court will have an order, saying Manchu families who have girls between 13 and 16 or 17, 12, that age, must send them to the court to be selected.

It's like a beauty contest.

So it's a level by level elimination.

So by the time you get to the imperial court.

Yeah, Miss Manchu, it's a beauty contest.

Yes.

So was her sister.

Younger sister.

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