Page xi CONTENTS

PREFACE INTRODUCTION

PART I

THE EMPIRE IN OUTLINE

I. China Proper

II. A Journey Through the Provinces—Kwangtung and Kwangsi

III. Fukien

IV. Chéhkiang

V. Kiangsu

VI. Shantung

VII. Chihli

VIII. Honan

IX. The River Provinces—Hupeh, Hunan, Anhwei, Kiangsi

X. Provinces of the Upper Yang-tse—Szechuen, Kweichau, Yunnan

XI. Northwestern Provinces—Shansi, Shensi, Kansuh

XII. Outlying Territories—Manchuria, Mongolia, Turkestan, Tibet

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HISTORY IN OUTLINE, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

XIII. Origin of the Chinese

XIV. The Mythical Period

XV. The Three Dynasties

XVI. House of Chou

XVII. The Sages of China

XVIII. The Warring States

XIX. House of Ts'in

XX. House of Han

XXI. The Three Kingdoms

XXII. The Tang Dynasty

XXIII. The Sung Dynasty

XXIV. The Yuen Dynasty

XXV. The Ming Dynasty

XXVI. The Ta-Ts'ing Dynasty

PART III

CHINA IN TRANSFORMATION

XXVII. The Opening of China, a Drama in Five Acts—God in History—Prologue ACT 1—The Opium War (Note on the Tai-ping Rebellion) ACT 2—The "Arrow" War ACT 3—War with France ACT 4—War with Japan ACT 5—The Boxer War Page xiii

XXVIII. The Russo-Japanese War

XXIX. Reform in China

XXX. Viceroy Chang

XXXI. Anti-foreign Agitation

XXXII. The Manchus, the Normans of China

APPENDIX

I. The Agency of Missionaries in the Diffusion of Secular Knowledge in China

II. Unmentioned Reforms

III. A New Opium War

INDEX