Two Years in the Forbidden City
1911
Princess Der Ling's account of two years as lady in waiting to the Empress Dowager Cixi, beginning in 1903: audiences and theatricals, the Summer Palace, court dress and custom, and the empress herself at close range. Published in 1911, in the dynasty's final year.
- Foreword
- Chapter Two At the Palace
- Chapter Three A Play at the Court
- Chapter Four A Luncheon with the Empress
- Chapter Five An Audience with the Empress
- Chapter Six In Attendance on Her Majesty
- Chapter Seven Some Incidents of the Court
- Chapter Eight The Court Ladies
- Chapter Nine The Emperor Kwang Hsu
- Chapter Ten The Young Empress
- Chapter Eleven Our Costumes
- Chapter Twelve The Empress and Mrs. Conger
- Chapter Thirteen The Empress's Portrait
- Chapter Fourteen The Emperor's Birthday
- Chapter Fifteen The Mid-Autumn Festival
- Chapter Sixteen The Summer Palace
- Chapter Seventeen The Audience Hall
- Chapter Eighteen The New Year Festivals
- Chapter Nineteen The Sea Palace
- Chapter Twenty Conclusion