Empress Dowager Cixi is the Empress Dowager of the Great Qing Dynasty, so her cultural quality will naturally not be very bad. As for the later generations' criticism of Siyi, it may just be because there is no way to make a conclusion on many things, or that people point the finger at him when they can't see the reality clearly. In fact, he is not a stupid Lafayette who only spends money on pleasure.
Empress Dowager Cixi was in power just in time for the decline of the Qing Dynasty in the late Qing Dynasty, so she was forced to open the country and accept the culture of foreigners. At that time, many people thought that Empress Dowager Cixi would not allow those foreign countess to visit her palace, but Empress Dowager Cixi put the overall situation first, took the initiative to ask for an interview with foreign envoys, and accepted them to visit her main hall, and later even accepted some countess to visit her bedroom. It can be seen that she is still a very sensible person.
And he struggled for the last survival of the Great Qing Dynasty. At most, he had to meet more than 12 people a day, but it was still like this. Adhere to the principle of meeting in person, and do not let other court officials meet instead of themselves. Smile every day, and you are tired at the end of the day.
A painter once entered her bedroom to paint her portrait. At that time, the painter wrote in his memoirs that the old woman was very kind, and her expression revealed a profound and incomparable temperament. She felt that a woman like her was a real lady and the mother of a country, and she kissed her hand subconsciously out of her respect.
Moreover, most of the plaques hanging in the palace of this Lafayette were written by herself. In an era when women generally read less and it is difficult to distinguish between words and characters, she can write good calligraphy, which is indeed much more advanced than other women. It can be seen that her cultural quality is outstanding both in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting and in thought.