咸丰 (Xiánfēng): Xianfeng — reign title (1850-1861) of the Qing Emperor Yizhu (1831-1861), husband of the later Empress Dowager Cixi, ruled during the Taiping Rebellion and the Second Opium War

Meanings

1 Xianfeng — reign title (1850-1861) of the Qing Emperor Yizhu (1831-1861), husband of the later Empress Dowager Cixi, ruled during the Taiping Rebellion and the Second Opium War

Characters

咸

Examples

咸丰年间,太平天国席卷南方。

Xiánfēng niánjiān, Tàipíng Tiānguó xíjuǎn nánfāng.

During the Xianfeng era, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom swept across the south.

咸丰帝在热河病逝。

Xiánfēng dì zài Rèhé bìngshì.

The Xianfeng Emperor died of illness at Rehe.

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history

咸丰 was arguably the unluckiest Qing emperor: he faced the Taiping Rebellion, lost the Second Opium War, saw the Old Summer Palace 圆明园 burned by Anglo-French forces in 1860, and fled to Rehe where he died at 30. His death opened the door for his concubine 慈禧 to seize power.