The empress, like many other rulers at the time, legitimized her reign through Buddhism, portraying herself either as a Buddha or as a patron of Buddhists.

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Empress Dowager Cixi strikes a pose Photo courtesy of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Empress Dowager Cixi is known historically as one of the most powerful women in the world.

Discover Jiang Shan's masterful performance as Empress Dowager Cixi in the riveting palace drama, Deling And Cixi. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SBS’s “The Last Empress” has unveiled new stills of Shin Eun Kyung in her role as empress dowager! “The Last Empress” is a new Wednesday-Thursday drama set in an alternate universe in which a ...