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. All who have blood and
breath cannot but mourn and be moved to the extreme point. We
weep tears of blood and beat upon our heart. How can we bear to
express our feelings!
"But we think upon our heavy responsibility and our weakness, and
we must depend upon the great and small civil and military
officials of Peking and the provinces to show public spirit and
patriotism, and aid in the government. The viceroys and governors
should harmonize the people and arrange carefully methods of
government to comfort the spirit of the late Emperor in heaven.
This is our earnest expectation."
On the sixteenth day of November, three days after she had
appointed the regent, and two days after she had appointed Pu I,
the diplomatic representatives received the following from Prince
Ching:
"Your Excellency:
"I have the honour to inform Your Excellency that we have
reverently received the following testamentary statement of Her
Imperial Majesty Tze-hsi, etc., the Great Empress Dowager:
" 'Although of scanty merit, I received the command of His
Majesty the Emperor Wen Tsung-hsien (the posthumous title of
Hsien Feng) to occupy a throne prepared for me in the palace.
When the Emperor Mu Tsung I (Tung Chih) as a child succeeded to
the throne, violence and confusion prevailed. It was a critical
period of suppression by force. "Long-hairs" (Tai-ping rebels)
and the "twisted turbans" (Nien Fei) were in rebellion
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