The Tongzhi Emperor — Qing Muzong
Tenía cinco años en su ascensión y fue gobernado por dos imperatrices viudas desde detrás de una pantalla durante todo su período de minoría. La Restauración Tongzhi — la supresión de los Taiping, los primeros arsenales y astilleros, la primera escuela de lengua extranjera — fue obra de sus funcionarios. Tomó el poder a los diecisiete años y murió de viruela a los diecinueve.
同治帝 · 清穆宗
“Ruled for two years, at the end of a reign named after him”
Five at his accession, and governed by two dowagers from behind a screen for the whole of his minority. The Tongzhi Restoration — the suppression of the Taiping, the first arsenals and shipyards, the first foreign-language school — was the work of his officials. He took power at seventeen and died of smallpox at nineteen.
His widow, pregnant or not depending on which account you read, died within seventy days of him.
That was Empress Xiaozheyi, whose silk is in the collection.
The empress of this reign
Painted on silk in gemstone mineral pigments by Xiang Li.
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Written for this site to place Tongzhi's reign around the paintings. For the full biography, the dynastic histories and the scholarship behind them, start at Wikipedia.
Every Qing emperor
| Reign | Emperor | Painted empresses |
|---|---|---|
| 1616 – 1626 | Nurhaci 清太祖 Nurhaci 努爾哈赤 / 努尔哈赤 | |
| 1626 – 1643 | Hong Taiji 清太宗 Hong Taiji 皇太極 / 皇太极 | |
| 1643 – 1661 | Shunzhi 順治帝 · 清世祖 / 顺治帝 · 清世祖 Fulin 福臨 / 福临 | |
| 1661 – 1722 | Kangxi 康熙帝 · 清聖祖 / 康熙帝 · 清圣祖 Xuanye 玄燁 / 玄烨 | |
| 1722 – 1735 | Yongzheng 雍正帝 · 清世宗 Yinzhen 胤禛 | |
| 1735 – 1796 | Qianlong 乾隆帝 · 清高宗 Hongli 弘曆 / 弘历 | |
| 1796 – 1820 | Jiaqing 嘉慶帝 · 清仁宗 / 嘉庆帝 · 清仁宗 Yongyan 顒琰 / 颙琰 | |
| 1820 – 1850 | Daoguang 道光帝 · 清宣宗 Minning 旻寧 / 旻宁 | |
| 1850 – 1861 | Xianfeng 咸豐帝 · 清文宗 / 咸丰帝 · 清文宗 Yizhu 奕詝 | |
| 1861 – 1875 | Tongzhi 同治帝 · 清穆宗 Zaichun 載淳 / 载淳 | |
| 1875 – 1908 | Guangxu 光緒帝 · 清德宗 / 光绪帝 · 清德宗 Zaitian 載湉 / 载湉 | |
| 1908 – 1912 | Puyi 宣統帝 / 宣统帝 Puyi 溥儀 / 溥仪 |