China under the Empress Dowager
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- Being the history of the life and times of Tzŭ Hsi
J. O. P. (John Otway Percy) Bland and E. (Edmund) Backhouse
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1. CHINA UNDER THE EMPRESS DOWAGER2. NOTE3. INDEX TO NUMBERED MAP OF PEKING4. I THE PARENTAGE AND YOUTH OF YEHONALA5. II THE FLIGHT TO JEHOL6. III THE TSAI YÜAN CONSPIRACY7. IV THE FIRST REGENCY8. V TSENG KUO-FAN AND THE TAIPING REBELLION (1864)9. VI TZŬ HSI AND THE EUNUCHS10. VII A QUESTION OF ETIQUETTE11. VIII MAJORITY AND DEATH OF THE EMPEROR T’UNG-CHIH12. IX THE PROTEST AND SUICIDE OF WU K’O-TU13. X TZŬ HSI BECOMES SOLE REGENT14. XI TZŬ HSI “EN RETRAITE”15. XII THE REFORM MOVEMENT OF 189816. XIII THE HUNDRED DAYS OF REFORM17. XIV THE COUP D’ÉTAT OF 189818. XV TZŬ HSI RESUMES THE REGENCY (1898)19. XVI THE GENESIS OF THE BOXER MOVEMENT20. XVII THE DIARY OF HIS EXCELLENCY CHING SHAN21. XVII THE DIARY OF HIS EXCELLENCY CHING SHAN (continued 2)22. XVIII IN MEMORY OF TWO BRAVE MEN23. XIX SIDELIGHTS ON TZŬ HSI’S STATECRAFT24. XX THE FLIGHT FROM PEKING AND THE COURT IN EXILE25. XXI HOW THE BOXER LEADERS DIED26. XXII THE OLD BUDDHA PENITENT27. XXIII THE RETURN OF THE COURT TO PEKING28. XXIV HER MAJESTY’S NEW POLICY29. XXV THE VALEDICTORY MEMORIAL OF JUNG LU30. XXVI HER MAJESTY’S LAST DAYS.31. XXVII TZŬ HSI’S DEATH AND BURIAL32. XXVIII CONCLUSION33. APPENDIX BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON CHANG CHIH-TUNG, TSO TSUNG-T’ANG, SUN CHIA-NAI, AND TUAN FANG34. INDEX