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Emperor Guangxu(Zaitian, 载恬)

Emperor Guangxu was born in 1871, and his father was the seventh son of Emperor Daoguang and his mother was the sister of Cixi. He ruled China for 34 years and died at the age of 38. He fell in loved with a concubine named Zhenfei. He was also ambitious and wanted to change the bad condition of China. He supported Wuxu Reform(戊戌变法, was a failed 104-day national cultural, political and educational reform movement from 11 June to 21 September 1898, undertaken by the young Guangxu Emperor and his reform-minded supporters led by Kang Youwei.). But finally he failed and he was under house arrest. When Eight-Power Allied Forces occupied Beijing, he was carted off by Cixi. He died tragically.

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