Topic for my WRT105 course

Chinese Legendary Female        —— The Story of Dowager Ci Xi Dowager Ci Xi, empress of emperor Xian Feng, mother of emperor Tong Zhi, was the most important female in control of real power in the late Qing Dynasty. She was the very few who had a willful mind for revolution, fighting for Qing’s maintenance of power.       Ci Xi was elected to the palace at age seventeen, served as emperor Xian Feng’s concubine. Xian Feng loved her so much. In only five years, Ci Xi ranked the highest imperial concubines. The ailing Xian Feng appreciated Ci Xi’s calligraphy, and he granted her the right to write down his feedbacks to the memorials and his thoughts on political decisions. In the year of 1860, the Anglo-French Allied Forces invaded Peking (currently Beijing), and Xian Feng retreated to Re He as a temporary shelter. But Ci Xi persuaded him many times not to leave the capital. Instead, he should stay in the capital and defend. B...

                       Chinese Legendary Female                                --- The story of Feng Weiyang        After introduced so many awesome Chinese legendary females in ancient China, I concluded that almost all of them have good qualities like independent, kind, and determinant. So from those cases and histories, I could learn to improve myself and make me become a better individual.        Another legend that I want to talk about is Feng Weiyang, before 220BCE, China was a split country. At that time, each city can be seen as a country. Feng was born in a country named Yan, and she was an aristocrat in Yan, but when she was only 10, her home country was defeated by Wei, so she was forced to go to th...

         Chinese Legendary Female —— The Story of Tan Yunxian Tan Yunxian, born in a medical family in Ming Dynasty, was one of the four famous female doctors in ancient Chinese history. Although she had strong interest in medical treatment, she struggled herself with her will and her father’s will.        Deeply influenced by her grandfather, Tan was longed for curing disease and saving people. She believed that as long as she studies hard, one day she would realize her dream to become a doctor, just like her grandfather did. However, her father did not allow her to read any medical books or got in touch with anything about treatment or medical stuff. One of the most primary reasons was that a few years ago, her grandfather, Tan Fu who was a royal doctor in the court, was framed by courtier. And all evidence just proved that Tan Fu was the one who gave the poisonous medicine to one of the most important officials. So the e...

             Chinese Legendary Female                                   --- The story of Wei Zifu       Wei was born in an extremely poor family, and she had one older brother, two older sisters, and three young brothers. These three young brothers and Wei were given births by one person, so Wei as the sister of these three, she had to support her family. Fortunately, Wei was hired by one of the princesses of palace in Han dynasty as a singing girl, and the Princess who named Pingyang really like her not only because her good-looking, but also her excellence and warm-hearted. So, the life Wei spent in Pingyang’s mansion house went pretty well.      On the other hand, Pingyang was the emperor, Liu Che’s older sister, and she ...

     Chinese Legendary Female                             --- The story of Wu Zetian It is well known that the ancient China is the autocratic monarchy system, and due to Chinese traditional culture that men are stronger than women, in every aspect, so there is no female emperor before she ascended to the throne. She is a legendary figure in Chinese history and the first woman who stood out and proved that females can be preeminent in the political arena as men do. Wu was born in an ordinary family, and her father was an official in a small district. She was selected as a concubine of the emperor of that era in Tang dynasty, Li Shimin, when she was only 14, but she didn't get as much love as other concubines when she first got into the palace, a place where emperors and some important officials lived. Wu was a brave and courageous woman, Li has a wild and intractable horse that no one can tame, b...