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1Author:  Der Ling, PrincessAdd
 Title:  Two Years in the Forbidden City  
 Published:  1997 
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 Description: MY father and mother, Lord and Lady Yü Keng, and family, together with our suite consisting of the First Secretary, Second Secretary, Naval and Military Attachés, Chancellors, their families, servants, etc., — altogether fifty-five people, — arrived in Shanghai on January 2, 1903, on the S.S. "Annam'' from Paris, where for four years my father had been Chinese Minister. Our arrival was anything but pleasant, as the rain came down in torrents, and we had the greatest difficulty getting our numerous retinue landed and safely housed, not to mention the tons of baggage that had to be looked after. We had found from previous experience that none of our Legation people or servants could be depended upon to do anything when travelling, in consequence of which the entire charge devolved upon my mother, who was without doubt the genius of the party in arranging matters and straightening out difficulties.
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