建议您还是多看几本书再说话吧。
第一,关于慈禧的内政和外交,大英百科全书有如下的介绍:Schools were created for the study of foreign languages, a modern customs service was instituted, Western-style arsenals were constructed, and the first Chinese foreign service office was installed. Internally, an effort was made to end governmental corruption and to recruit men of talent。
第二,关于慈禧爱好和平,个人魅力和国际视野,麻省理工学院有专门的研究和介绍:There was an apparent realization that establishing personal ties between the Empress Dowager and the Beijing diplomatic community was necessary for constructive international relationships. In a bold step, Cixi hosted a series of gatherings at the palace for the ladies of the legations, assuming that the women would be more amenable to appeals of friendship. Cixi’s graciousness at these functions was duly reported to the press, making a generally positive impact on her international reputation. Cixi developed a particularly strong friendship with Sarah Pike Conger, the wife of the American envoy to Beijing. Conger wrote movingly of Cixi’s many virtues in newspaper articles and books. The image of Cixi holding the hand of Conger, tightly surrounded by other ladies of the American legation, reveals the lengths to which Cixi was willing to go to forge personal bonds。
第三,关于慈禧眼里充满了爱和对美的追求,有下面一段记载:If you could meet her and she should take your hand and look in your eye and speak to you as she has to me, you would think her sincere。 |