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| The Guangxu Emperor, Zaitian (Manchu: Dzai-Tiyan), was the 11th Emperor of the Qing dynasty, and the 9th Qing Emperor to rule over China |
Gong, the Emperor of China, has been struck by a change in court etiquette. He will henceforth receive foreign ministers once a year, and will excuse them from performing the kowtow, which consists in entering his presence on all-fours, like a dog, and bumping their heads, three times on the floor. — As reported in the Daily Alta News, 1891
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