Emperor guangxu, whose life was full of tragic elements

Emperor guangxu was born on August 14, , as aisin gioro zaitian, the seventh son of emperor daoguang. In , emperor tongzhi died of illness. In , emperor guangxu was inaugurated. However, real power remained in the hands of cixi, who continued to rule behind the scenes for two years. During the reign of emperor guangxu, the two most notable events were the Anti-Japanese War and the reform.

In the war of resistance against Japanese aggression, he resolutely opposed compromise and repeatedly forced the qing army to fight with the Japanese. However, he was overwhelmed by the weak and corrupt qing government, which was defeated in the sino-japanese war. After learning a painful lesson, emperor guangxu began to think about the reform to adjust the imperial order and prevent the decline of the whole country.

In , together with a group of reform advocates, he promulgated the state policy and began the reform. Unfortunately, this fierce reform movement lasted only days and was strangled by rival parties that staged a coup against all reform parties. After that, emperor guangxu lost his imperial power again and was placed under house arrest by cixi.

In , the so-called eight-power allied forces invaded China. Until , he died of depression and was buried in the tomb of the western qing dynasty.

Guangxu emperor cause of death

As a pioneer of capitalist transformation, his deeds broke the ideological prison of feudal autocracy and opened the ideological liberation of China. Therefore, emperor guangxu was regarded as an enlightened emperor who first tried to adopt the western political model to govern China. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.