光绪 Traditional form: 光緒 Pinyin (reading): Guāngxù Definitions: reign name of penultimate Qing emperor Guangxu or Guang-hsu (1875-1908) Characters: 光 - light; bright, brilliant; only, merely 绪 - mental state; thread, clue Traditional characters: 光 - light; bright, brilliant; only, merely 緒 - mental state; thread, clue