A while ago, a video made in 1930 went viral on the Internet.
The queen interpreter of Cixi, a speech in English by Princess Deling in the late Qing Dynasty. The video was shot in 1930, when Princess Deling was 44 years old.
said in her speech that today's society is undergoing unprecedented changes. She hopes that countries will understand and respect each other. Only in this way can peace in the world be achieved.
Princess De Ling’s English speech when she was 44 years old
And don’t say
This Grid wearing flower pot bottom shoes,
How slippery is the English level,
Just talk about the thoughts and viewpoints of this speech,
The past is not lost to the present, it is amazing!
After reading Princess De Ling's super fluent English, do you feel like netizens:
Hey, my English is not as good as a Qing dynasty.
Chinese-English bilingual speech original
The world today is passing through the most tremendous periods of real adjustment as mankind has seen.
The world today is experiencing the most that mankind has ever seen. Important adjustment period.
And the real desire to do away with the war is being manifested.
And the real desire to do away with the war is being manifested.
Peace on earth and good will towards man can only be accomplished by the mutual respect and understanding from one nation towards another.
Peace on earth and good will towards man can only be accomplished by the mutual respect and understanding from one nation towards another. Mutual understanding and respect.
Since I have been in this country first time through my writing and lecturing, I have endeavored to create a better understanding between China and the United States by presenting their beautiful artistic and cultural side of Chinese life.
Because This is the first time I have come to this country in the form of writing and speaking. I have tried my best to introduce you to the artistic and cultural life in China, and hope to enhance the relationship between China and the United States.
I am grieved that this side of Chinese life is very little known here.
What makes me sad is that this aspect of China is actually little known abroad.
Although China is a very old country, she is a young republic. She is striving, muffling to develop and become up to date.
Although China is ancientCountry, but she is also a new republic. She works hard, keeps developing, and keeps pace with the times.
This will take time, but in Chinese heart, it is not far behind her American sisters in her desire to become emancipated.
This will also take time, but what they desire is liberation, like The same as the American sisters.
Rapid transportation has brought China and the United States to each other s doorway.
And quick transportation is to open each other's country doors and let China-US relations develop.
I feel especially privileged and grateful.
Therefore, I feel particularly happy and honored.
After watching this video, are you curious about the origin of this "Princess Derling"——
Derling, Princess Derling (Yü Derling, Princess Derling), whose real name is Yu Derling, June 1885 Born in Wuhan, Hubei on 8th.
"Princess Deling" is a member of the Manchu Zhengbai Banner and the Han Dynasty. Her father Yugeng is a diplomat of the Qing Dynasty. He served as a diplomat in the Qing Dynasty. He went to Japan and France successively. Yu Deling went to Japan with his father. Lived with France for six years.
Wearing Qing court costume
In 1903, the Qing court was in need of international talents fluent in foreign languages due to internal and external troubles, so the Yugeng family was recalled to the capital, Yugeng’s wife Luisa and her daughters De Ling and Rong Ling entered the palace to become Cixi's translators.
From the left, Fei Jin, De Ling, Empress Dowager Cixi, Rong Ling, Madame Yu Geng, Queen Long Yu
After serving by Cixi for two years, De Ling was seriously ill because of his father. In 1905, he left the palace and went to Shanghai to take care of his father. Later, she married American Thaddeus White in 1907.
In 1911, she published "Two Years in the Forbidden City" (Two Years in the Forbidden City) under the pseudonym "Princess De Ling".
In the book, De Ling recalled his two years of life in the palace, and showed the world the true character of the unknown Qing court boudoir and the empress dowager Cixi, showing that he will soon be taken by the revolution. The overthrown last dynasty.
In this book, Cixi is not the monster of depravity depicted in the popular press, but an aging woman who loved beautiful things, had many regrets about the past and the way she had dealt with the many crises of her long reign , and apparently trusted Der Ling enough to share many memories and opinions with her.
In the book, Cixi is not a corrupt and degenerate demon, as reported by the mass media, but an elderly lady , I will also like beautiful things, and regret the past and the disasters I have experienced. Obviously, Cixi trusted De Ling very much and shared a lot of her memories and thoughts with her.
TwoYears provides unique insights into life at the Manchu court and the character of the Empress Dowager Empress. Der Ling continued to write and published seven more books.
This book provides precious insights for future generations to study the Manchu court and the Empress Dowager Empress material. Later, she published 7 books successively.
Princess Der Ling died in Berkeley, California, as a result of being struck by a car while crossing an intersection. She had recently taught Chinese at University of California, Berkeley.
1944, Princess Der Ling A traffic accident unfortunately passed away in Berkeley, California. Before her death, she taught at the University of California, Berkeley, teaching Chinese.
In the 1920s and 1930s, Deling's "The Second Years of the Qing Palace", "Memoirs of the Political Situation in the Late Qing Dynasty", "Yuan Lanxin Ji", etc., were also translated into Chinese and widely read by the Chinese.
De Ling’s death did not reduce the love of foreign readers for her works: Today, readers of Crooked Nuts still like this memoir from a hundred years ago
As a witness to the history of the Cixi period, Princess De Ling's first-person story of the Qing Dynasty has influenced the historical research of the Qing Dynasty, and her excellence has also affected us now.
The second from the left is De Ling
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