Questions About The Last Empress (Empress Orchid, #2)

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Do you think the Empress genuinely cared about the welfare of China or was only interested in her own power?

J. Walker From reading the multiple sources (Jung Chang, Edward Rutherfurd and Anchee Min) that I've encountered recently (40 Days With the Dowager Empress), th…moreFrom reading the multiple sources (Jung Chang, Edward Rutherfurd and Anchee Min) that I've encountered recently (40 Days With the Dowager Empress), the welfare of China seems to have been the overriding concern of her life, from the day she crossed into the Forbidden City to become concubine to the Emperor, to the day of her death, she was driven by China's welfare, not necessarily her own (she was born into poverty and had to learn to live in the palace).(less)

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I dont know who is whom. Totally confused with the names in the book and Pinyin and the original Chinese names. Anybody got a name reference list?

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