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Nine years is a long time to be the concubine of any man, especially of the deposed Emperor of China, weak-eyed and sapless Mr. Henry Pu Yi. Last week pretty Shu Fei, that Imperial concubine known euphemistically as "The Empress of the Eastern Court," was the sensation of all China. She had run away from Mr. Pu. She had hired lawyers. Terming her concubinage "marriage" she presumptuously sued for a "divorce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Manchu Sued | 10/12/1931 | See Source »

...Tiger" General depicts the fate of Fei Chen-O, a court lady who is claimed in marriage by the conqueror of her nation. When the victor sends his "Tiger" General to marry the girl in his stead, Fei Chen-O gets the general exceedingly drunk and stabs him to death in the marriage bed. Then, having revenged her people, she slays herself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Feb. 24, 1930 | 2/24/1930 | See Source »

Religious paintings, examples of the rare beauty of the early Florentine and Sienese schools, are exhibited at the Institute during the summer. They are loaned by Cyrus H. McCormick, Jr., who collected them before the War, and include paintings of Guidoceio Cozzarelli, Benvenuti di Giovanni, Paoli di Giovanni Fei, Jacopo del Sellajo, Ricci di Lorenzo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arts: Chicago | 7/9/1923 | See Source »

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