Ciāan References Ciāan empress dowager of China Ask Anything Homework Help Also known as: Tzāu-an Written by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of EncyclopƦdia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them. The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica Britannica AI Ask Anything Learn about this topic in these articles: Cixiā¦and Xianfengās former senior consort, Ciāan, orchestrated a coup with Gong Qinwang (Prince Gong), the former emperorās brother, the regency was transferred to Cixi and Ciāan. Gong became the prince counsellor. Read Moreā¦and Xianfengās former senior consort, Ciāan, orchestrated a coup with Gong Qinwang (Prince Gong), the former emperorās brother, the regency was transferred to Cixi and Ciāan. Gong became the prince counsellor. Read MoreChina/ The Self-Strengthening Movementā¦Cixi and another empress dowager, Ciāan, in the palace and by Prince Gong and Wen Xiang, with the Zongli Yamen as their base of operation. The core of their foreign policy was expressed by Prince Gong as āovert peace with the Western nations in order to gain time for recovering⦠Read Moreā¦Cixi and another empress dowager, Ciāan, in the palace and by Prince Gong and Wen Xiang, with the Zongli Yamen as their base of operation. The core of their foreign policy was expressed by Prince Gong as āovert peace with the Western nations in order to gain time for recovering⦠Read More