I think Cixi's culture is of a certain level, but it is a bit flattering to be a "master".
1 Why do you say that Cixi has a certain cultural level? First of all, from the perspective of Cixi's background, although Cixi's background is not noble, it is a Manchu aristocratic family, with four books, five classics, Manchu and twenty-four histories. After Cixi entered the palace, she also accepted some teachings from the palace and had a certain cultural foundation. As a Cixi, it is not difficult to get in touch with some famous paintings. And we all know that. Daocixi staged a coup in the later period and took part in political affairs. Although she eventually led to the tragic ending of the late Qing Dynasty, we have to admit that Cixi also made some achievements in politics.
Why can' t Cixi be called a master? Let' s take a look at some examples. First of all, there are typos. Cixi has many typos in many imperial edicts, so every time she draws up an imperial edict, she needs the ministers around her to polish it. Followed by her paintings and calligraphy, there was a method in ancient times, that is, professional calligraphers and painters described the outline in advance, and then sprinkled a hundred points. Cixi only needed to describe it according to the outline, and some appraisers identified that Cixi's calligraphy masterpiece was far from my real handwriting, and it was concluded that Cixi might find someone to do it for her.
ghostwriting is not a glorious thing. In addition, Cixi began to listen to politics in her twenties, and everyone dared not talk too much about Cixi's real cultural level. They could only say that she followed Cixi's ideas, so Cixi's real cultural level could hardly be called a "master".