What kind of person is Empress Dowager Cixi?

"Qing Palace Archives" records: Cixi, named Ye Henala, was born in Zhenghuangqi, Manchuria. Born in 1835, died in 1908, daughter of Zheng Hui, Guangtai Road, Ningchi, Anhui. It is recorded in the Draft of the History of Qing Dynasty that "Empress Xiao Qinxian, Ye Lashi, a female passer-by in Huining Pool, Anhui Province, was elected to the palace in the first year of Xianfeng, and was named a foreigner. In March of six years, Chen Geng and Mu Zong entered the city. Seven years, I entered Guifei Yi, and ten years, from Xingrehe. " Eleven years in July, literate admired collapse, Mu Zong acceded to the throne. Empress Shang Xiaozhen was honored as the Empress Dowager. From the records in the article, we can only see that Cixi's name is Ye Henala, a native of Huang Qi, and her father is Cheng Wai from Guangtai Road, Ningchi, Anhui. In addition, there are few records about Cixi's childhood and birthplace. But this is already the most detailed record of Cixi's early years in the archives. Because there is no detailed record, later historians put forward many opinions on the life experience of Cixi through their own textual research. Some people say that she was born in Anhui, while others say that she was born in Hohhot. Some people say that Cixi was born in Changzhi City, Shanxi Province, and her family was poor. It is also said that Cixi was born in Beijing.