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1. Empress Dowager Cixi

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   Upon returning to Beijing in 1902, Cixi initiated the New Policies ($X\bar{i}n Zh\grave{e}ng$), a series of sweeping, centralized reforms intended to restore state solvency and legitimacy. These reforms included the abolition of the ancient Civil Service Examination system in 1905, a move that horrified the conservative literati but which Cixi saw as necessary to introduce modern [administrative talent](…

2. Johann Christoff

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   Death and Legacy in Obscurity
   Johann Christoff died suddenly in Königsberg in 1812. The official cause of death is listed variously as "consumption of the lung" or "sudden intellectual overload." His personal effects were minimal, consisting primarily of six highly detailed, unlabeled drawings of barnacles and a ledger filled entirely with variations on the number $e$.
   His legacy r…