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EMPRESS DOWAGER CIXI Suclass Code_1PS Hard times come upon WangIn 1852, at age sixteen, Cixi was chosen as one of Emperor Xianfeng's numerous concubines. When he died in 1861, their five year old son succeeded to the throne. Cixi at once launched a coup against her son's regents and placed herself as the true source of powergoverning through a silk screen that separated her from her male officials. Drawing on newly available sources, Jung Chang comprehensively overturns Cixi's reputation as a conservative despot.