Aisin-Gioro Zaiyuan, the Prince Yi, (Simplified Chinese:载垣; --1861) plotted against Empress Dowager Cixi during a power struggle in the Qing Dynasty. Aisin Gioro (Simplified Chinese: ç±æ°è§ç½; Traditional Chinese: ææ°è¦ºç¾ ; pinyin: ) was the clan name of the Manchu emperors of the Qing dynasty and Manchukuo. ... The Prince Yi of the Blood (怡亲王) was the title of peerage first given to Yinxiang, then subsequently inherited by his descendants, the 13th son of the Kangxi Emperor of China. ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiǎntǐzì; also called 简化字/簡化字, jiǎnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Empress Dowager Cixi Empress Dowager Cixi (Chinese: 慈禧太后; Wade-Giles: Tzu-hsi) (November 29, 1835–November 15, 1908), popularly known in China as the Western Empress Dowager (西太后), and officially known posthumously as Empress Xiaoqin Xian (孝欽顯皇后), was a powerful and charismatic figure who was the de facto ruler... The Qing Dynasty (Manchu: daicing gurun; Chinese: æ¸ æ; pinyin: qÄ«ng cháo; Wade-Giles: ching chao), sometimes known as the Manchu Dynasty, was founded by the Manchu clan Aisin Gioro, in what is today northeast China expanded into China proper and the surrounding territories of Inner Asia, establishing...
In Xianfeng-8, Sushun was appointed the President of the Board of Rites.
At the Emperor Xianfeng's death, Sushun, his elder brother Duanhua, and Zaiyuan, along with five others, were appointed Regents to oversee administrative affairs during the young Emperor's minority.
The regency left Sushun in conflict with the Empress Dowager Cixi, who also wanted to assume power.