- This is a Manchu name; the family name is Aisin-Gioro.
The
Guangxu Emperor (14 August 187114 November 1908), personal name
Zaitian (
Manchu:
Dzai-Tiyan), was the eleventh
emperor of the
Qing dynasty, and the ninth
Qing emperor to rule over China. His reign lasted from 1875 to 1908, but in practice he ruled, under
Empress Dowager Cixi's influence, only from 1889 to 1898. He initiated the
Hundred Days' Reform, but was abruptly stopped when the empress dowager launched a coup in 1898, after which he was put under house arrest until his death. His
regnal name, "Guangxu", means "glorious succession".
