INDEX

Abkhai, 18, 20; death of, 19 Aisin Gioro, 118 Akutêng, 4; death of, 6 Alabaster, Mr, 93 Albazin, 42 Amherst, Lord, 66 Amiot, Père, 42 Amoy, 42; taken, 77 Amur, River, 17; as boundary, 42 Amursana, 55 Ancestral worship, 44 An-chʽing, 86 Andijani, 100 Anglo-French expedition, 93; the second, 94 Annam, 58 Antoninus, Marcus Aurelius, 33 Arabtan, 43 Archery, 37 "Arrow" case, the, 92 Artillery, 17 Assemblies, national and provincial, 122 Athalik Ghazi, 100 Audience, the first, 103 Badakshan, 43 Bannermen, 37 Banzai, 15 Baschpa, 11 Baturu, 88 "Blood thicker than water," 95 Bogue Forts taken, 77 Bokhara, Ameer of, 100 Boxers, the, 115 British fleet arrives, 76 "Brother of Christ," the, 82 Burgevine, 89 Burlingame mission, the, 102 Burma, 32, 56 "Button," the, 29 Cagliostro, 66 Calendar, the, 43; European adopted, 129 Camoens, 73 Cantlie, Dr, 124 Canton, riot at, 75; foreign houses burnt at, 93; captured, 93 Cantonese serve on British men-of-war, 78 Catalogue of Imperial Library, 59 Catholic missionaries, 33; rank accorded to, 114 Census, the, 48 Chapu taken, 77 Chi Hsiang, 98 Chia Ching, 61 Chia Chʽing, 61; attacked in streets of Peking, 64; died, 68

Chʽien Lung, 54; pictures of his victories, 55; abdicates, 59 Chihli, 3 Chin dynasty, 4 China proper, 41 "China's sorrow," 47 Chinese language, death for teaching to foreigners, 71 Chinkiang taken, 77; captured by Tʽai-pʽings, 85 Chʽing (or Great Pure) dynasty, 20; established, 28 Chino-Japanese war, 110 Christianity, 44; oppressed, 52; forbidden, 54; opposed, 112 Chʽung-hou, 101; condemned to death, 101; letter of apology to France, 103 Chusan occupied, 77 Cochin-China, 58 Co-hong system, 66 Coinage debased, 86 Concordance, Kʽang Hsi's, 50 Concubine thrown down well, 117 Confucian Classics, 59 Confucius, tomb of, 46 Constantine of China, the, 32 Court, flight of the, 116 Cycle, Chinese, 51 Dalai Lama, the, 33, 43 Davis, Sir J., 67 De Quincey, 57 Divine Justice Society, 64 Dominicans, 45 "Dummy Documents," 122 Dungans, 57 Dutch, the, embassy, 33; in Formosa, 35 Dwarf-nation, the, 109 Dynastic Histories, 59 Earthquake, 53 East India Company, 42, 67; policy of, 71 Edict, against missionaries, 45; for slaughter of all foreigners, 116; nullification of, 116; by baby Emperor, 125 Eighteen provinces, 41 Eleuths, 55 Elgin, Lord, 93, 94 Elliot, Captain, 74; retires to Hongkong, 76 Emperor, Chinese, carried off, 6 Empress, suspicious death of, 106 Empress, Eastern, 98; death of, 109 Empress, Western, see Empress Dowager Empress Dowager, coups d'état, 98, 113; plot to get rid of, 113; flees, 116; death of, 121 Encyclopædia, Kʽang Hsi's, 50 Eunuchs, 14; army of, 15; restrictions on, 29; oppression by, 63 Ever Victorious Army, 89 Ever-White Mountains, 1 Examinations, established, 20; in poetical skill, 47; system, 112; to be changed, 118 Extra-territoriality, 79, 114 Feudatory princes, 29, 40; no more Chinese, 41 Flag, the Dragon, 133; the republican, 134; of truce, violated, 95 Formosa, 34, 56; ceded to Japan, 41, 42; Japanese land on, 105; republic in, 111 Fournier, Captain, 109

France, and Tongking, 109 Franciscans, 45 Galdan, 43 Galdan II., 55 Gao-tchan, 57 Genghis Khan, 7 German priests murdered, 111 Ginseng, 19 Gioros, 118 God, the term for, 46 Golden Dragon, the, 70 Golden dynasty, 5 Gordon, Major, 89; resigns, 90; resumes command, 90 Grand Canal, the, 47 Great Mogul, 33 Great Wall, the, 17 Gros, Baron, 93 Gurkhas, 58 Han-lin College, presents address, 30 Hangchow, 6, 31, 47 Harashar, 57 Hassan, prince, 104 Heaven and Earth Society, 65 Heavenly city, the, 84 Heavenly dynasty, the, 83 Heavenly king, the, 83; death of, 91 Heilungchiang, 8 Hingking, 10 Hongkong, ceded, 77 Hoppo, the, 119 Hsi Tsung, 14 Hsien Fêng, 80, 81; death of, 96 Hsiung-nu, 11 Hsü Ching-chʽêng, executed, 117 Hsüan Tʽung, deposed, 134; allowance of four million taels, 134 Hung Hsiu-chʽüan, 81 Hung League, 65 Huns, 11 Ili, 55 Immorality of foreigners, 108 Intermarriage prohibited, 37; proposed between Manchus and Chinese, 117 Iquon, 34 Japan, 8; and Korea, 110; war with China, 110 Japanese, 104 Jehangir, 69 Jehol, 58; Emperor flees to, 96, 115 Jesuits, 45, 52; make maps, 56 Kʽai-fêng, 2; siege of, 22 Kalmucks, 43; the trek of the, 56 Kʽang Hsi, 40; leads army, 43; as traveller, 46; and literature, 49; family troubles of, 50; death of, 51 Kʽang Yu-wei, 113 Kashgaria, 56, 69; Ameer of, 100 Khalkas, 43 Khokand, 43 Kiaochow, seized by Germany, 111 Kien Long, 54 Kin dynasty, 4 Kirin, 8 Kitans, 1 Koffler, A., S.J., 32 Kokonor, rebellion in, 53 Korea, 3; conquest of, 19; and Japan, 110

Kotow, the, 67 Koxinga, 34; canonized, 35 Kuan-tung, 8 Kuang Hsü, 106, 107; married, 109; informally deposed, 113; death of, 121 Kublai Khan, 7, 47 Kueichow, etc., aborigines of, 53 Kuldja, 56; annexed by Russia, 100; regained by Marquis Tsêng, 101 Kung, Prince, 96; his coup d'état, 116; joint regent with Empresses Dowager, 98 Kuo Sung-tao, 108 Laos tribes, 4 Lexicon, Kʽang Hsi's, 49 Lhasa, 43 Li Chin-chung, 14 Li Hung-chang, 89; treachery of, 90; wounded by assassin, 110 Li Tzŭ-chʽêng, 21; loses an eye, 22; defeated, 26; death of, 26 Liao dynasty, 2, 4 Liao-tung, 8 Liao-yang, 17 Likin, 87 Lim Boon-keng, Dr, 139 Lin, Commissioner, 75; destroys opium, 75; cashiered, 76; further career of, 84; death of, 85 Loch, Mr, captured, 95 Long-haired rebels, 84 Loo-choo islands, 104 Macao, 73; occupied by Portuguese, 73 Macartney, Lord, 58 Magalhaens, 53 Mahometans, 43; discontented, 100; crushed by Tso Tsung-tʽang, 101 Mahometanism, tolerated, 112 Man born good, 86 Manchuria, 8 Manchus, the, origin of, 1; etymology of name, 8; their script, 10; name as a title, 12; archers, 17; religion of, 20, 112; established as a dynasty, 29; garrisons, 36; language spoken at court, 49; literature, 49; bravery of soldiers, 77; England and the dynasty, 91; they monopolize fat posts, 110; to travel, young, 113; standard of education of, 118; indictment of rule of, 130 Miao-tzŭ, the, 54; how pacified, 70 Mings, the, dynasty of, 8; Emperor commits suicide, 24; attempts to restore, 31, 32; the Tombs, 47 (also under Kʽang Hsi); dynastic history of, 53 Mongolia, conquest of, 19 Mongols, the, 7; derivations of name, 7; recognize Manchu supremacy, 21 Morrison, Dr R., 67; his dictionary, 71; his Bible, 72 Mukden, 8; capture of, 16 Nanking, 6; treaty of, 79; captured by Tʽai-pʽings, 84; captured from Tʽai-pʽings, 91 Nan-yang, 32 Napier, Lord, 72; his death, 73 Napoleon, his opinion, 67

National Assembly, 127 Nepal, 56 Nestorians, the, 11; Tablet, 44 Nien-fei, 99 "Nine Thousand Years," 15 Ningpo, taken, 77 Ning-yüan, siege of, 17 Nurhachu, 9; death of, 18 Nü-chêns, 1 Nü-chih, 5 Oath, written in blood, 18; a forced, 94 Ogotai, 7 "Old Buddha," 135 One-eyed rebel, 24 Opaochi, 2 Opium, prohibited, 74; smuggled 74; smoking of prohibited, 120; exception to include Empress Dowager, 120 Ouigours, 11 Palmerston, Lord, 76 Panshen Erdeni, 58 Panthays, the, 103 Parkes, Mr, 92; captured, 95 Peacock's feather, 29 Peking, 2, 5; attack on, 19; captured, 24; surrendered, 96 Penal Code, the, 37 ʽPhagspa, 11 Pope, the, and ancestral worship, 45 Population, 48, 55 Port Arthur, captured by Japanese, 110; "leased" to Russia, 111 Ports, five opened to trade, 79 Portuguese mission, 53 Pottinger, Sir Henry, 77 Provinces, number of, 41 Ptolemaic system, 44 Quelpart, 8 Queue, the, 17; strictly enforced, 31; Tʽai-pʽings cut off the, 83 Railway, the Woosung, 108 Railways, ordered by edict, 111 Reform, edicts, 111; Empress Dowager pretends to favour, 117; constitutional, 122; again promised, 127 Regent, the, resigns, 127 Republic, the, authorized by Manchus, 134 "Revolt of the Tartars," 57 Revolution, the, 122 Ricci, 44 Russia, embassy from, 33; fear of, 73; war with Japan and its influence, 119 "Sam Collinson," 96 Schaal, Adam, 17, 43 Schlegel, Dr, 66 Secret Societies, 61, 65; their lodges, 66 Sêng-ko-lin-sin, defeated, 96 Shan States, 54 Shanghai, taken, 77 Shêngking, 8 Shimonoseki, treaty of, 110 Shun, dynasty, 22 Shun Chih, 29; death of, 33 Siege of the Legations, 115 "Slave" and "servant," 37 "Slay" changed to "protect," 117 Society of God, the, 82 Soochow, burnt by Imperialists, 87; capitulated, 90

Stanton, Sir George, 67 Su-shên tribe, the, 1 Succession violated, rule of, 106 Suleiman, sultan, 103 Summer palace, 67; burnt, 96; built on plan of Trianon, 97 Sun Yat-sen, 123; kidnapped in London, 123; enters Nanking, 129; elected first President, 129; manifesto by, 129; visits tomb of first Ming Emperor, 134; announces fall of Manchus, 135 Sungari, river, 3 Sungaria, 43 Sungs, dynasty of, 2; Southern, 6 Syriac, 11 Tʽai-pʽings, the dynasty, 83; manifesto, 83; successes, 84; advance on Peking, 85; slaughter of princes, 90; last prince and king murdered, 91; end of rebellion, 91 Tʽai-shan, ascent of by Kʽang Hsi, 46 Tʽai Tsu, 18 Tʽai Tsung, 20 Taku, forts taken, 94; repulse at, 95; captured, 95 Ta-li, 103; treacherously surrendered, 104 Tan-lo, 8 Tao Kuang, 69; death of, 80 Tartar general, 36 Tashilumbo, 58 Tatnell, Commander, 95 Tea, 39; mentioned by Pepys, 39; export from Foochow, 39 Tibet, 43, 56, 58 Tientsin, reached, 76; Treaty of, 94; ratification refused, 94; ratified, 97; massacre, 102 Timour, 57 Tobacco prohibited, 20 Tongking and France, 109 Torture of prisoners, 96 Trade, European, 71 Treaty with Russia, 42 Triad Society, 65 Trimetrical Classic, 86 Tsai Tsê's mission, Duke, 119 Tsêng Kuo-fan, 86 Tsêng, the Marquis, 101 Tsitsihar, 8 Tso Tsung-tʽang, 89; his campaign in Central Asia, 101 Tu Wên-hsiu, 103; death of, 104 Tʽung Chih, 98; married, 103; died, 106 Turguts, 56 Turkestan, 43, 57 Twist Rebels, 99 Types, movable, 50 Unicorn appears, 15 University for Peking, 112 Verbiest, 44 Viceroy, the, 36 Ward, and his troops, 89; death of and shrine to, 89 Wei Chung-hsien, 14 Wei-hai-wei, captured by Japanese, 110; "leased" to England, 111 Western Empress, 98 White Feather Society, 64 White Lily Society, 61 Wo-jen, his wish, 123

Wu-chʽang, 27 Wu Kʽo-tu, 107 Wu San-kuei, 21, 23; joins the Manchus, 26; his conditions, 28; his rebellion, 40; death of, 41 Ya-kʽo-sa, 42 Yakoob Beg, 100; assassinated, 101 Yang-tsze, the, 6 Yeh, Governor, 92; captured and exiled, 93 Yellow girdles, 118 Yellow riding jacket, 88; given to Gordon, 91 Yellow river, 2; changes its bed, 47 Young China party, 123; plot to seize Canton, 123 Yüan Chʽang, executed, 117 Yüan-ming-yüan, 96 Yüan Shih-kʽai, 124; appointed Prime Minister, 127 Yung Chêng, 52; his hostility to missionaries, 53; his death and character, 53

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