Tongzhi Emperor

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Byzantine_Emperor
gptkbp:administrativeDivision Attempts to modernize bureaucracy
gptkbp:artwork Featured in films and literature
gptkbp:associatedWith Complex and influential
gptkbp:birthDate 1856-04-13
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Beijing
gptkbp:civicEngagement Symbol of Qing authority
gptkbp:co-ruler gptkb:Empress_Dowager_Cixi
gptkbp:committee gptkb:Grand_Council
gptkbp:community_service Illness during reign
gptkbp:culturalContribution Promotion of Western learning
gptkbp:culturalHeritage Support for traditional arts
Representation of Qing imperial power
Part_of_Chinese_cultural_heritage
Increased_cultural_exchange_with_the_West
gptkbp:culturalInfluence Influence_on_Chinese_art
gptkbp:deathDate 1875-01-12
gptkbp:deathPlace Died young
gptkbp:dynasty Qing Dynasty
gptkbp:education Confucian_education
gptkbp:era gptkb:Tongzhi
gptkbp:family Part of the Aisin Gioro clan
gptkbp:father gptkb:Xianfeng_Emperor
gptkbp:hasArtStyle Xuan
gptkbp:hasTheme Conflicted views on modernization
gptkbp:historicalContext Ruled during a time of upheaval
gptkbp:historicalEvent Artifacts from his reign exist
gptkbp:historicalImpact Impact_on_modern_Chinese_history
gptkbp:historicalLegacy Symbol of Qing decline
gptkbp:historicalPeriod Subject of historical biographies
Late Qing period
Debate over effectiveness as ruler
Key figure in 19th-century China
gptkbp:historicalResearch Focus of academic studies
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Last emperor to rule before the fall of the Qing Dynasty
Records_in_Qing_history_books
Represents_a_transitional_period_in_China.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tongzhi Emperor
gptkbp:internationalRelations Treaty of Tientsin
Struggled with foreign intervention
gptkbp:language gptkb:Mandarin_Chinese
gptkbp:militaryRank Second Opium War
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Empress_Dowager_Cixi
gptkbp:personalLife Struggled with personal autonomy
gptkbp:politicalParty Limited reforms during reign
gptkbp:politicalPosition Self-Strengthening Movement
Faced internal rebellions
gptkbp:portrait Famous portraits exist
gptkbp:posthumousRecognition Zhongde
gptkbp:publicPerception Mixed views from historians
gptkbp:reignEnd 1875
gptkbp:reignStart 1861
gptkbp:religion Buddhism
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Empress_Xiaozhuang
gptkbp:stadium gptkb:Forbidden_City
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Guangxu_Emperor