This painting was painted by Hubert Vos, the Dutch American painter, whose painting was presented to Empress Cixi at her seventy-first birthday. It is now at the Summer Palace (Yiheyuan) in Beijing at at the Hall of Dispelling Clouds, (PaiyunDian).

The lady depicted here is known by many names, among them the three most well-known names are these:

She is most commonly known by her title, the
"Dowager Empress." This is an English title given to her by the European and American press over 100 years ago.

Her Chinese name may be rendered, or translated in two different ways. The old way to render
her name is "Tzu Hsi." The new way to render her name (by pinyin) is "Cixi."

The logo at the top of the page contains four Chinese word, meaning literally, " Ci Xi Dowager Empress."