Der Ling (whose Christian name was Elisabeth Antoinette), was born
in Beijing in June 1885 and died in Berkeley, California in
November 1944. She was a Manchu, the daughter of Yu Keng. Yu Keng
was a member of the Manchu Plain White Banner Corps. After serving
as Chinese Minister to Japan he was appointed Minister to the
French Third Republic for four years in 1899. He was known for his
progressive, reformist views, as well as his firm support of the
Empress Dowager Cixi (29 November 1835 - 15 November 1908). Yu
Keng's daughters Der Ling and Rong Ling (1882-1973) received a
Western education, and studied dance in Paris with Isadora Duncan.
Upon her return from France in 1903, Der Ling became the First
Lady-in-Waiting and translator to Empress Dowager Cixi . She stayed
at court until March 1905. This book appeared in 1911, just before
the fall of the Qing Dynasty and chronicles Imperial life in the
Forbidden City from a now disappeared age.
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