Empress Dowager Cixi Born : November 29, 1835 Died : November 15, 1908 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Empress Dowager Cixi Now they [the Powers] have started the aggression, and the extinction of our nation is imminent. If we just fold our arms and yield to them, I would have no face to see our ancestors after death. If we must perish, why not fight to the death? Empress Dowager Cixi why-not yield fighting Whoever makes me unhappy for a day, I will make suffer a lifetime. Empress Dowager Cixi unhappy suffering lifetime Your tail, is becoming too heavy to wag. Empress Dowager Cixi wags becoming tails
