Princess Der Ling: Two years in the Forbidden City

[De Ling 德龄: ] Princess Der Ling: Two years in The Forbidden city (New York, Moffat, Yard and company 1911)

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[De Ling 德龄] Two years in the Forbidden city, by the Princess Der Ling, first lady in waiting to the Empress Dowager, illustrated from photographs ( New York: Moffat, Yard and company, 1917)

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Der Ling/Elisabeth Heyne (transl.):  Zwei jahre am Hofe von Peking: Mit drei Bildbeigaben (Dresden: H. Minden 1915)

• Entry in Wiener China-Bibliographie

„Princess“ Der Ling 德龄 (1885 – 1944) was the daughter of Yu Keng (裕庚), a pro-reformist Manchu official who served as minister to Japan and to the French 3rd republic. On return, Der Ling became lady-in-waiting to Empress Dowager Cixi, leaving the court in 1905. „Two Years“ gives historical insights into life at court and Der Ling’s service to the Dowager Empress, essentially a world that has disappeared.
See: Grant Hayter-Menzies: A biography of Der Ling, „Imperial Masquerade: The Legend of Princess Der Ling,“ (Hong Kong University Press 2008)