- Actors, Palace, 86, 87, 492
- Admiralty, vide Navy
- Adviser to the Government, vide Prince Kung; also Prince Ch’un
- Adviser to the Regency, vide Prince Ch’un
- Aisin Gioros, 4, 6, 167
- A-Lu-Te, Empress, 118-132-162
- suicide of, 129, 350
- Ancestor worship, 134, 328, 473-4
- Ancestral shrines, 167
- Ancestral tablet, 470, 473-4
- Annals of dynasty, vide Dynastic
- Annam, 505
- Anti-foreign movement, 230, 305, 334, 336;
- also vide Boxer movement
- An Wei-chun, 171
- Astrologers, 387, 471, 485-6
- Audiences, procedure at, 58, 75, 77, 103, 111, 113, 188, 408, 412, 452
- Banishment, vide Post-roads
- Baron von Ketteler, 271, 273, 278, 288, 305, 316, 330, 332, 384
- “Benign Countenance,” 53
- Berlin, mission to, 383-386
- Big Sword Society, 255
- Birthday celebrations, 168, 450-1
- Black List, 1900, 104
- Blood brotherhood, 206, 361
- Board of Punishments, 227
- Board of Rites, 190, 192, 197, 207
- Bombardment of Peking, 297, 344
- Book of Odes, quoted, 265
- Boxer chiefs, 281, 323, 331, 363, 369-374
- Boxer movement, 82, 100, 180, 195, 228, 243, 246-250, 260 to 303, 311-12, 364, 440, 512
- British Minister, 215, 228, 241, 503
- British Policy, 214-5, 339
- Brooks, Revd., 255
- Bruce, Sir F., 24
- Burial Ceremonies, 17, 19, 61-2, 136, 149, 465, 470, 475
- Burning of Legations, 263, 364
- Burying Alive, 147, 472
- Caligraphy, Edict re, 195
- Cantonese, lampooners, 84, 225, 491
- reformers, 100, 185, 219, 220, 225, 418
- Capture of Peking, 1860, 17 et seq.
- Carl, Miss, 290, 492
- Censorate, 86, 88, 122, 147, 163, 172, 195, 305, 488, 492, 494, 501, 512
- and eunuchs, 82, 109
- Chang Chih-tung, 140, 220, 278, 353, 398, 429, 483, 501-6
- Chang Yin-huan, 173, 185, 202, 220-1, 228
- Chao, Duke, 6
- Chao Erh-hsün, 159
- Chao Kuang-yin, Emperor, 133
- Chao Shu-ch’iao, 256, 258, 269, 298, 324, 357, 364, 366-9, 370
- Cheng, Prince, vide Tuan Hua
- Ch’en Lien-fang, Dr., 216-19
- Ch’en Pao-chen, 186, 196
- Ch’en Tu-en, 53
- Chia Ch’ing, Emperor, 247
- Chia Hsun, Empress, vide A-Lu-Te
- Chief Eunuch, vide Eunuchs
- Ch’ien Lung, Emperor, 45, 83, 149, 164, 350, 442, 445
- Ch’i Hsiu, 260-1, 264-5, 295, 314, 324, 367, 374
- Chi Lu, Chamberlain, 361, 402, 415
- China’s Foreign Policy, 338
- Chinese Resident in Corea, 171, 201
- Ching Hsin, 252
- Ch’ing, Prince, 99, 104, 256, 259, 271, 278, 334, 342, 372, 374, 384, 438, 447, 450, 456, 473
- Ching Shan, 224, 251-303, 327, 413, 478
- death of, 251
- Ching Yüan-shan, 219
- Chi Shou-ch’eng, 255-6, 260, 272, 286, 291
- Ch’i Ying, Envoy, 12, 502
- Chou Dynasty, 315
- Chou Tsu-p’ei, 41
- Christianity, 105, 248, 260, 268, 313, 336, 392, 461, 505
- Christians massacred, 282, 286, 292, 331, 415
- Chuang, Prince, 270, 273, 282, 286, 357, 365, 370
- Chu Hung-teng, 311
- Ch’ung Ch’i, 118, 350, 351
- Ch’ung Hou, 419, 501-2
- Chung Li, 257
- Ch’un, House of, 5, 158, 164, 446
- Ch’un, Prince (brother of Kuang Hsü), 5, 302, 383, 444, 446, 451, 458, 462
- Ch’un, Prince (the first), 5, 99, 121-2, 125, 130, 143, 158-65, 167, 446
- adviser to Grand Council, 160
- death of, 166
- Clan Imperial, vide Imperial
- Classical essays, vide Examinations
- Coast Defences, 100, 328
- “Cobbler’s Wax” Li, vide Li Lien-ying
- “Cold Palace,” 32, 149
- Colleges, 194, 196, 205, 222, 429, 461, 493
- Concubines, Palace, 9, 107, 162, 209, 225, 231, 300, 408, 429 (also vide under “Pearl” and “Lustrous”)
- Conferences, Palace, 125-6, 297, 457
- Confucian system, 64, 136, 213, 226-7, 236, 245, 307, 328, 363, 488, 512
- Confucius, 83, 469, 484-5
- quoted, 113, 260, 288, 302, 319, 420
- Conger, Mrs., 290, 488
- Conservative Party, 194, 197, 201-10, 221, 229, 235
- Conspiracy of Regents, vide Tsai Yuan
- Constitutional Government, 106, 221, 425, 431, 438, 441, 450, 461, 468, 498
- Consular Service, British, 339
- Corea, 168, 170, 201, 390
- Council, Grand, vide Grand
- Coup d’état, 169 et seq., 201-210, 213, 438, 451, 505, 511
- Court Ceremonies, 58, 75, 130, 153, 168, 178, 206, 208, 212, 218, 355, 412, 450, 462, 492
- Court in exile, 97, 344
- Court of Astronomers, 34, 117, 493
- Court physicians, 217-8, 448, 457
- Court’s return to Peking, 353, 357, 394, 399, 404-11, 486
- Criminal Code, 431
- Czar’s Coronation, 182
- Dalai Lama, 448, 452, 454-5
- Decrees:—
- 1860: 24, 26, 27, 28, 29
- 1861: 34, 42, 44, 45, 46, 54, 60
- 1864: 67, 86
- 1865: 60, 62
- 1866: 89
- 1869: 92, 93
- 1872: (T’ung Chih’s majority), 117
- 1873: (Foreign Ministers’ audiences), 115
- 1874: (T’ung Chih’s illness), 120
- 1884: (Dismissal of Prince Kung), 154
- 1889: (Position of Emperor’s father), 164
- 1894: (Tzŭ Hsi’s 60th birthday), 168
- (Re Censor An Wei-chun), 175
- 1898: (Death of Prince Kung), 183
- (Chinese versus Manchus), 231
- (Coup d’état), 207, 221
- (K’ang Yu-wei), 204, 226
- (Reform Edicts), 186-7, 196-7, 199
- (Re lawsuits), 240
- (The Boxers charter), 241, 243
- (Tzŭ Hsi’s policy), 237
- (Weng T’ung-ho), 188
- (Yüan Shih-k’ai), 203
- 1900: (Heir Apparent), 303
- (Boxers Punished), 364, 367
- (Disowning Boxers), 331
- (Expiatory), 349
- (Flight to Hsi-an), 354
- (Return to Peking), 357
- (Yangtsze Viceroys), 330
- 1901: (Conversion to Reform), 419-424, 426
- (Cancels Boxer Edicts), 375
- (Penitential), 376
- 1902: (Re Jung Lu), 414
- (Reforms), 416
- 1903: (Death of Jung Lu), 437
- 1905: (Constitutional Government), 431-2
- 1908: (Death of Kuang Hsü), 460
- (Imperial Succession), 462
- (Regency), 465
- (Tzŭ Hsi’s Valedictory), 467-9
- (Valedictory), 461
- Déthève, Dr., 217
- Diplomatic Body, 241, 265, 335, 401, 412-3, 452, 495
- ladies of, 214, 241, 290, 412, 434, 495
- District magistrates, 199, 205, 235, 240, 243, 441
- “Divine Mother,” 240
- Du Chaylard, 268
- Dynastic annals, 338, 437, 477
- Edicts, vide Decrees
- Educational Reform, 430, 505
- Elephant, Tzŭ Hsi’s, 454
- Elgin, Lord, 12, 24-5
- Emperor of Japan, telegram to, 333, 335, 337
- Emperor of Russia, telegram to, 333, 335
- Emperor’s education, 87, 107, 127, 233
- Empress Consort (Tzŭ An), vide Tzŭ An
- Empress Dowager, vide Tzŭ Hsi, and Yehonala
- Empress Dowager, widow of Kuang Hsü (Lung Yü), 4, 301, 447, 464-5
- Empress Grand Dowager (Tzŭ Hsi), 464
- Empress Mother, 35, 150, 177
- Empress of Kuang Hsü, 163, 177, 209, 301, 346, 447
- Empress of the East, vide Tzŭ An
- Empress of the West, vide Tzŭ Hsi
- En Hai, 271, 288, 305
- En Ming, En Ch’u, En Ch’un, En Lin, sons of Ching Shan, 251-303
- Etiquette, vide Audiences, Ceremonies, Court, &c.
- Eunuchs, place of origin, 85
- all Manchus, 429
- Chief Eunuch An Te-hai, 38, 63, 85, 88, 90 et seq., 122, 154, 259
- Li Lien-ying, 82, 84-5, 94-5, 97-8, 208, 267, 300, 453, 472
- and Dalai Lama, 448
- and Pearl Concubine, 300
- and the Navy funds, 169, 196
- at Hsi-an, 355, 360
- collecting tribute, 402
- corrupt practices of, 353, 495
- denounced by Censor, 174
- during flight of Court, 341
- hostility to Emperor of, 100, 179, 199
- in disgrace, 102
- power of, 103, 151, 162, 360, 435
- supports Boxers, 258, 263, 279
- Wei Chung, 83
- Decree against, 89
- duties at audiences, 85
- Eunuch Sun, 184, 356
- evil influences of, 81 et seq., 119, 494
- Memorial denouncing, 107
- under K’ang Hsi, 83
- under Ming dynasty, 81, 152, 466
- European morals, &c., 111, 268
- Ever-victorious army, 66
- Examinations, system of, 180, 187, 190, 192, 235-6, 429, 484
- Extra-territoriality, 430
- Flight of Court (1860), 18, 27
- (1900), 300, 302, 340-62
- Foot-binding, Edict re, 428
- Foreign Office, vide Waiwupu and Tsungli Yamên
- French Cathedral, Peking, destroyed, 276, 293
- Funeral of Hsien-Feng, 38, 61
- Jung Lu, 437
- Tzŭ Hsi, 465, 470-5, 515
- T’ung Chih, 501
- Gendarmerie, Peking, 150, 276
- German Emperor, 384
- German Minister, vide Baron von Ketteler
- Giers, de, Mr., 336
- Ginseng, 441
- Goddess of Mercy, Tzŭ Hsi as, 455
- Gordon, General, 11, 66, 67, 73
- Government Gazette, vide Official
- Grand Council, 44, 159, 266, 275, 297, 464
- Gros, Baron, 25
- Han dynasty, 52, 391
- Hanlin academy, 282, 293, 483
- Hanlin diarist (1860), 14 et seq.
- Hart, Sir R., 510
- “Heavenly King,” vide Hung Hsiu-ch’uan
- Heir Apparent, 253, 255, 257, 274-8, 281, 289, 303-4, 349, 358-9, 360, 381, 451, 457, 511
- deposed, 382
- Hereditary rank, 56
- Hillier, Sir W., 171
- Hills, Eastern, 471
- Honan fu, Court at, 399
- Honorific titles, Tzŭ Hsi’s, 55, 469, 490
- Household, Imperial, vide Imperial
- House laws, dynastic, 90, 119, 122, 128, 133, 143, 159, 174, 381, 444, 462
- Hsi-an, Court at, 101, 108, 354-5, 358, 492, 496
- Hsien-Feng, Emperor, 2, 8, 11, 467
- at Jehol, 23, 24, 30
- burial, 61, 472
- death of, 35, 85
- eunuchs under, 85
- heir born to, 12
- tomb of, 149
- Hsüan-hua fu, Court at, 342, 346
- Prefect of, 247
- Hsüan-T’ung, Emperor, 444, 459, 462
- Hsü Ching-ch’eng, 269, 281, 291-2, 294, 307-26, 377
- Hsü Shih-ch’ang, 6-7
- Hsü Shih-ch’ing, 221
- Hsü T’ung, 180-1, 253, 257, 263, 270, 302, 324, 366, 511
- Hsü Ying-ku’ei, 190, 197, 202, 207, 232, 246
- Hsü Yung-yi, 296
- Huai-lai, Court at, 340-3
- Huai Ta Pu, 194, 197, 202, 207
- Hui Chang, 230
- Hui Cheng (Tzŭ Hsi’s father), 2
- Hundred Days, the, 213
- Hung Hsiu-ch’uan, 67, 69, 71-3
- “I-cheng-wang,” 56, 60
- I-Ho Yüan, vide Summer Palace
- Ili, Russians at, 112, 181, 501-3
- Imperial Clan Court, 32, 44, 48, 213
- Imperial Clans, 122, 187, 267, 325, 326, 418, 425, 447, 481
- Imperial Clansmen, 40, 47, 54, 60, 91, 123, 158, 212, 326, 429
- Imperial Commissioner, 370
- Imperial Decrees, vide Decrees
- Imperial Guards, 38
- Imperial Household, tribute to, 86, 97, 99, 104, 359, 361
- accounts of, 87, 103, 495
- Comptrollers of, 87-8, 121, 151, 251, 259, 457
- eunuchs in, 81 et seq.
- Imperial Succession, vide Succession
- Imperial Tombs, vide Tombs
- Incantations of Boxers, 279, 315
- Inspector General of Customs, 170, 510
- Intermarriage, Chinese and Manchus, 428, 491
- International jealousies, 333, 392
- Iron-capped princes, 2, 6, 182
- Ito, Prince, 391, 438
- Jade, Emperor, 258, 270
- Jadot, Monsieur, 407, 410-11
- James, Professor, 272
- Japan, war with, vide Wars
- Jehol, Court at, 14 et seq., 27, 439, 484
- Imperial Treasures at, 301
- Su Shun’s Palace at, 45
- Tsai Yüan conspiracy at, 30-40
- Judicial reform, 430, 461
- Jung Lu, 121, 124
- and Eunuch An Te-hai, 85, 104
- and Legations, 224, 266, 285
- and Reformers, 221, 223, 231, 440
- and Tsai Yüan Conspiracy, 32, 37, 40
- and Weng T’ung-ho, 181
- at T’ai-Yüan fu, 350, 352
- audience with Kuang Hsü, 185
- commander-in-chief, 222, 302, 352
- death of, 415
- his corrupt practices, 352
- his daughter, 302, 447, 458
- his wives, 274, 352, 458, 493
- illness of, 404
- in disgrace, 150-1
- intimacy with Yehonala, 8, 225
- opposes Boxers, 195, 224, 246, 260, 266, 440
- relations with Emperor, 295, 352
- with foreigners, 334, 413
- restored, 168
- Tartar General, Hsi-an, 103, 168, 440
- telegram to Yangtsze Viceroys, 277
- Tzŭ Hsi’s adviser, 224, 246, 297, 354, 387, 413
- valedictory memorial, 438-442
- Viceroy of Chihli, 188, 440
- withholds artillery from Boxers, 284, 291
- Kai-Feng, Court at, 104
- K’ang-Hsi, Emperor, 37, 48, 74, 146, 190, 268, 346
- Kang Yi, 178, 195, 241, 256-300, 354, 365
- K’ang Yu-wei, 2, 8, 84, 184
- character of, 192
- flight from Peking, 204
- plot against Tzŭ Hsi, 198, 225, 244, 293, 421, 440, 445, 511
- Kansuh soldiery, 251, 262, 271, 276, 316, 360, 509
- Kashgar, fall of, 509
- Kauffmann, General, 508
- Ketteler, vide Baron von
- Kiaochao Bay, seizure of, 193, 390
- Ko Pao-hua, 365, 370
- Kotow, 111
- “Kow-hsing,” s.s., 171
- Kuang Hsü, Emperor, minority of, 51, 128, 149
- and eunuchs, 82, 85, 110
- a prisoner, 207, 211
- assumes government, 161, 439
- at Hsi-an fu, 358
- character of, 105, 143
- death of, 128, 443, 460
- education of, 127, 152
- elected by Tzŭ Hsi, 126, 129, 439
- foreign sympathy for, 241
- funeral of, 471, 473
- his brothers, 386, 515
- his concubines, 163
- his consort, 163, 177, 209, 301, 346
- his disposition, 179, 358, 415
- his mother, 166
- majority of, 164
- marriage of, 161
- opposed to Boxers, 269
- personal appearance of, 218, 359
- physical defects, 128
- plots against Tzŭ Hsi, 198, 202
- relations with Chang Chih-tung, 278
- Heir Apparent, 281
- Jung Lu, 352
- Pearl Concubine, 300
- Reformers, 181, 424
- proposed deposition of, 252, 257, 274
- relations with Tzŭ Hsi, 176, 438, 449
- sickness of, 216, 383, 443-4, 448, 459
- succession to, 462
- Kuanshih, Court at, 340
- Kuan Wen, 68
- Kuei Ching, 119, 121
- Kuei Hsiang, Duke, 6, 161, 209, 415
- Kuei Liang, 24-5, 41
- Kuei Pao, 120
- Kung, Duke, 357
- Kung, Prince (candidate for Throne, 1908), 5, 458
- Kung, Prince (son of Tao-Kuang), 20, 126, 178
- Adviser to the Government, 56, 154
- assists Yehonala against Tsai Yuan, 33 et seq.
- at Jehol, 32
- death of, 183
- degraded, 59, 155
- his daughter, Princess Imperial, 56, 95
- in retirement, 157
- plenipotentiary, 27-29
- quarrels with Tzŭ Hsi, 95, 149, 488
- re-instated, 61, 63
- K’un Ming Lake, 178, 204
- Lake Palace, 206
- Lan-chou fu, 372, 396, 509
- Lan, Duke, vide Tsai Lan
- Lawsuits, edict re, 239
- Legation Guards, 256, 313, 332
- Legations at Peking, 110, 214, 263, 271 et seq., 298, 433
- Liang Ch’i-ch’ao, 196, 208, 327, 505
- Liao Shou-heng, 178, 185
- Li Ching-fang, 173
- Lien Yuan, 296
- Li Hsiu-ch’eng, 69, 71-73
- Li Hung-chang, 76-7, 99, 100, 123, 170, 172, 176, 192, 201, 239, 336, 384, 387-9, 434, 501, 505
- death of, 399
- Li Hung-tsao, 156, 180, 193
- Li Lien-ying, vide Eunuchs
- Lin Hsü, Reformer, 202, 205
- Li Ping-heng, 102, 246, 286, 292, 293-4, 297, 343, 348, 366, 505
- Li, Prince, 157, 178, 262, 271, 275, 292
- Li Shan, 269, 285, 296
- Literati, 213, 235, 398, 418, 425, 492, 502
- Li Tuan-fen, 202, 228-9
- Liu Kuang-ti, 202
- Liu K’un-yi, Viceroy, 220, 233, 274-5, 279, 327, 334, 395
- Li Wan-ts’ai, 69
- Lu Ch’uan-lin, 354, 358-9, 458
- Lü, Empress, 52
- Lü Hai-huan, 385
- Lung Yü, Empress, 150, 177, 301, 464-5
- “Lustrous” Concubine, 163, 408, 452
- Magic arts of Boxers, 247, 261, 279
- Mahomedan rebellion, 74, 117, 321, 503, 507-509
- Ma Hsin-yi, 78
- Manchu Field Force, 131, 167, 305
- Clansmen, 4, 268
- soldiery, 182, 228, 271
- Manchurian provinces, 170, 176, 396, 490, 503, 507
- Manchus versus Chinese, 166, 230, 270, 421, 427, 477
- Masquerades, vide Palace Theatricals
- Mausolea, vide Tombs
- Ma Yu-k’un, General, 302, 343
- Memorials:—
- An Wei-chun, 172
- Censorate, 271
- Hsü Ying-ku’ei, 192
- Hui Chang, 230
- Jung Lu, 350, 436, 438-42
- Li Hung-chang, 389
- Li Tuan-fen, 229
- Prince Ch’un, 165, 384
- Re Eunuchs, 86, 88, 107
- Southern Viceroys, 394-5
- Tseng Quo-fan, 72, 74
- Wu K’o-tu, 110 et seq., 142-7
- Yüan Ch’ang and Hsü Ching-ch’eng, 292-3, 307-26
- Yü Lu, Viceroy, 264
- Mencius, quoted, 111, 163, 187, 273, 284, 287-8, 514
- Military reorganisation, 194, 228, 386
- Ming dynasty, 144, 186, 246, 253, 312, 428, 431, 466
- Mining Bureau, Peking, 196
- Ministers, foreign, vide Diplomatic Body
- Missionaries, 78, 241, 255, 287, 292, 318, 329, 415, 505, 513
- Mission to Berlin, 383-386
- abroad (1905), 431
- Morrison, Dr., vide “Times”
- Muyanga, 2, 9
- Nanking re-captured, 48, 66 et seq.
- Na T’ung, 31, 264-5, 285, 296
- naval reorganisation, 163, 167, 196, 386, 503
- Ning Shou Palace, 301, 403, 496
- Niuhulu, 7, 10
- North and South factions, 180 et seq.
- Nurhachu, 1, 4, 5, 371, 429
- “Ocean Terrace,” 207, 455, 460
- Official Gazettes, 196, 204, 222
- Old Buddha, vide Tzŭ Hsi, also Yehonala
- Opium smoking (Tzŭ Hsi), 411, 496, 504
- abolition of, 430, 497, 509
- Palace eunuchs, vide Eunuchs
- orgies, 90, 120
- politics, 4, 184, 231, 353
- Theatricals, 87, 88, 256, 356, 400, 454-5
- Palace harem, 9, 162, 408, 429
- P’an Tsu-yin, 180
- Pao-Ting Fu, Court at, 405
- Pao Yun, 147, 156
- Parkes (Sir), Harry, 16, 21, 271
- Peace negotiations, 342, 356, 381, 400
- Peace protocol, 357, 364, 376, 383, 398, 401, 478
- Pearl Concubine, 163, 209, 300, 403
- Peking, capture of (1860), 14, 22
- bombardment (1900), 297
- Peking University, 187, 194
- P’eng Yu-lin, 68
- Penitential Decree, 376
- Mission, 384-6
- Phœnix flag, 92
- “P’i Hsiao,” Li, vide Li Lien-ying (under eunuchs)
- Plot against Tzŭ Hsi, 225
- Po Ch’un, 31
- Police, Peking, 6, 512
- Port Arthur, 99
- Portrait of Tzŭ Hsi, 290, 483
- Portsmouth Treaty, 506
- Post-roads, banishment to, 176, 209, 228
- Press Bureau, Shanghai, 204, 511
- Press, native, 109, 196, 229, 433, 477, 491
- foreign, 433, 448
- Princess Imperial, 178, 262, 493
- Privy Purse, 40, 45, 98, 162, 353, 355, 495
- P’u Chün, vide Heir Apparent
- P’u Lun, Prince, 5, 122-3, 125, 300, 342, 446-7, 458-9
- P’u T’ung, Prince, 361
- P’u Yi (Emperor Hsuan T’ung), 444, 459, 462
- Railway journey, Court’s, 401, 404-11, 414
- Reactionaries, vide Conservatives
- Rebellion, vide Taiping, Mahomedan, &c.
- Red Girdles, vide Aisin Gioros
- Reform Decrees, 185-200
- Repeal of, 209, 222
- Reform Movement, 108, 169, 190-215, 220, 230, 418, 424, 430, 441, 469
- Regency, Joint of Empresses Dowager, 4, 44, 51 et seq., 65, 94, 117, 118, 121, 127, 468
- Regency of Tsai Yuan, 30 et seq., 42, 439
- Regency of Tzŭ Hsi, 148 et seq., 180
- Regent, Prince Ch’un (1908), 5, 447, 458-9, 462, 473
- Relief of Legations, 298, 334
- Republic, Chinese, 245
- Revolutionary Movement, 194, 227, 237, 245, 249, 457
- Rewards for killing Europeans, 100, 271, 276, 281, 285, 331, 365
- Russian Policy, 23, 82, 171, 176, 181, 336, 396, 434, 502-3
- Russians at Ili, 112, 181, 501-3
- Sakota, 9, 61
- Schools, vide Colleges
- Scrolls, honorific, &c., 372-3, 451, 506
- Seal, Imperial, 33, 35, 40, 42
- Seng-Ko-Lin Ch’in, Prince, 15, 20, 21, 25, 28
- Seymour, Admiral, 332
- Shansi, Court in, 346
- Yu Hsien, Governor of, 373
- Shao Yu-lien, 173
- Shen Chin, Reformer, 490
- Sheng Hsüan-huai, 407
- Sheng Pao, General, 20, 391, 484
- Shensi, famine in, 105, 416
- Rebellion in, 117
- Shih Hsü, 458
- Shimonoseki Treaty, 391
- Shun-Chih, Emperor, 37, 83, 133, 146
- Siege of Nanking, 68-9, 71
- Su-Chou fu, 507
- Silkworms, God of, 206
- Small-pox, 120
- Southern provinces and Reform, 169, 185, 219, 229, 253, 418, 490
- Southern Viceroys, 277, 329, 359, 394-5, 506
- “Spring and Autumn” Classic, 288, 318, 514
- Squeezing by officials, 495, 510
- Students, 178, 430, 457
- Succession, Imperial, 5, 115, 119, 122, 128, 129, 132, 134, 141, 304, 381, 444, 462, 487
- Sugiyama, 262
- Suicide, patriotic, 134
- Summer Palace, burnt by Allies, 20, 42, 389
- rebuilding of, 99, 128, 168, 356, 493
- Tzŭ Hsi’s life at, 198, 301, 451
- Sun Chia-nai, 253, 358, 510-12
- Sung Ch’ing, General, 350
- Sung dynasty, 133, 143, 190, 236, 391
- Sung, Eunuch, 300
- Sung Po-lu, Censor, 190, 195, 208
- Sung Yu-lien, 204
- Sun Yat-sen, Dr., 227
- Sun Yu-wen, 157
- Su Shun, usurping Regent, 30 et seq., 48, 156, 496
- Ta-A-Ko, vide Heir Apparent
- Ta Chi, Concubine, 225
- Taiping rebellion, 11, 37, 48, 64-80, 276, 321, 467, 485, 492, 513
- Tai-Tsung, Empress, 37
- T’ai-Yüan fu, Court at, 348, 496
- Taku Forts, 264, 323, 327, 333
- T’an Chung-lin, Viceroy, 245
- T’ang dynasty, 141, 216, 347
- Tang Shao-yi, 82, 496
- T’an Su-t’ung, Reformer, 202, 245
- T’an Ting-hsiang, Viceroy, 24
- Tao-Kuang, Emperor, 8, 122, 184, 251, 291, 458
- his widow, 11
- T’ao Mo, Viceroy, 107-8
- Taxation, system of, 441
- Temple of Heaven, 445
- “The Chinese Crisis from Within,” 2, 477
- Tientsin, fighting at, 282, 289, 290, 325
- Tientsin massacre, 76-7
- Tien Ts’ung, Emperor, 1
- Times correspondent, Peking, 82, 446, 488
- Times, The, quoted, 216, 219, 389, 404-11, 471-75, 495, 501
- Ting, Admiral, 99
- Ting Pao-chen, 91-3
- T’ing Yung, 247
- Tombs, Imperial, 150, 471, 473, 487
- Hsien-Feng’s, 61, 149
- T’ung-Chih’s, 136
- Tzŭ Hsi’s, 456
- Tongking, 154, 166
- Train-bands, 242-3, 248, 253
- Transvaal war, 289
- Treasure in Palace, 301, 347, 403
- Treaties, Commercial, 111, 383
- Treaty of Livadia, 502-3
- of Portsmouth, 506
- of Shimonoseki, 391
- of Tientsin, 23, 114
- Trial of Reformers, 220
- Tribute, provincial, 97, 104, 359, 361, 398, 402, 452, 496
- Troops, Chihli, 75, 78, 182, 197
- Tsai Ch’u, Prince, 213
- Tsai Feng, vide Prince Ch’un
- Tsai Lan, Duke, 100, 251-2, 261-3, 270, 272, 292, 294, 360, 364
- Tsai Lien, “Beileh,” 252, 282
- Tsai Tsê, Duke, 431
- Tsai Tun, Duke, 49
- Tsai Ying, “Beileh,” 252, 282
- Tsai Yüan, Prince, 21, 27, 30
- Chief Regent, 36
- conspiracy of, 3, 30 et seq., 212, 492
- death of, 47
- Ts’en Ch’un-hsüan, 101, 347-8, 355, 359, 360, 370
- Tseng Kuo-ch’uan, 68
- Tseng Kuo-fan, Viceroy, 11, 28, 37, 64, 80, 223, 483, 492, 502, 507
- Tseng, Marquis, 64, 79, 99
- Tseng Tzu, 146
- Tso Tsung-t’ang, 64, 138, 140, 483, 503, 507-510
- Tsungli Yamên, 42, 60, 190, 278, 334
- Tuan Fang, 4, 119, 287, 454, 465, 512, 515
- Tuan Hua, Prince, 21, 30 et seq., 49, 439
- Tuan, Prince (Boxer), 100, 224, 251-303, 364
- his wife, 343
- in banishment, 365
- relations with Tzŭ Hsi, 273, 283, 291, 343
- son of, Heir Apparent, 253, 303-4
- Tu Mu, 146
- T’ung-Chih, Emperor, 35, 52, 54, 84, 115, 119, 467, 487
- death of, 121, 439
- funeral and burial of, 135, 138
- marries A-Lu-Te, 118, 494
- succession to, 130, 303, 382, 458, 461-2, 487
- unborn heir of, 122
- Tung Fu-hsiang, General, 261-2, 272, 281, 284-5, 288, 316, 323, 350, 362, 366, 509
- T’ung Wen College, 493
- T’ung Yŭan-ch’un, Censor, 38, 43
- Tun, Prince, 2, 131, 251
- Turkestan, 221, 229, 365, 502
- Tzŭ An (Empress Dowager, of the East), 35, 55, 75, 92, 94, 118, 121, 148-9
- and A-Lu-Te, 121
- and Prince Kung, 93
- Co-Regent with Tzŭ Hsi, 44, 475
- death of, 152
- tomb of, 472, 487
- valedictory decree, 152
- Tzŭ Hsi, Empress Dowager, (see also Yehonala)
- appoints Kuang Hsü’s successor, 252, 257, 382
- burial and tomb of, 150, 470-5, 515
- charm of manner, 215, 478, 497
- compared with Napoleon, 486
- compared with Queen Elizabeth, 160, 166, 481, 498
- contemplates suicide, 297
- courage, 285, 487, 488
- death of, 464-7, 498
- despotic nature, 57, 184
- diet and habits, 356, 411, 496
- Empress Dowager and Co-Regent, 35, 44, 51 et seq.
- extravagance, 189, 198, 228, 494
- feminine vanity, 496
- fits of rage, 94, 259, 265, 281, 289, 294, 300, 480, 489, 497
- flies from Peking, 296-7, 340 et seq.
- fond of painting, 259, 285
- gentleness, 53, 239, 259, 480
- her eunuchs, 81 et seq., 90, 95-6, 198, 267, 289, 300
- her favourites, 91, 96, 102, 293, 364, 483
- her private fortune, 81, 301, 495
- her Privy Purse, 40, 45, 98, 162, 301, 398, 434
- her sisters, 11, 123, 126, 179
- impartiality, 231, 484
- inconsistency, 257
- indecision, 260, 328, 387
- in retirement, 161
- kindness of heart, 282, 286, 358, 478, 481, 489
- last words, 466
- life at summer palace, 157, 161-2, 198, 288
- love of literature, 492-3
- love of theatre, 88, 91, 256, 259, 356, 400, 454-5, 492
- names and titles of, 13, 55, 469, 490
- opium smoking, 411, 496
- parentage, childhood and education, 2, 7, 8-9
- penitent, 337, 383, 389, 392, 416-7, 445
- personal appearance, 359
- policy towards Manchus, 231
- political activity, 239, 244
- prestige of 469, 488
- profligacy of Court, 84, 189, 203, 225, 244, 481
- quarrels with Co-Regent, 94, 148-9
- rebukes the Censors, 166
- receives wives of foreign Ministers, 214, 290, 401, 412, 434, 495
- reform policy, 375, 389, 394, 416, 420, 425
- relations with Boxers, 250-300, 358, 364, 419
- relations with Jung Lu, vide Jung Lu
- relations with Kuang Hsü, 176, 438, 449
- relations with Legations, 291, 328, 401
- relations with Prince Kung, 57 et seq., 91 et seq.
- relations with Prince Tuan, 278, 283, 291, 328, 343
- seventieth birthday, 227
- sickness of, 443, 455-6
- sixtieth birthday, 167, 510
- statecraft, 52, 237, 327
- superstitious nature, 65, 279, 387, 409, 456, 481, 485, 487
- thrifty instincts, 45, 105, 405, 434, 481, 495
- Tsai Yuan conspiracy, 30 et seq.
- vindictiveness, 44, 243, 305, 490
- violates succession laws, 43, 126, 132, 445, 487
- woman of moods, 62, 259
- Vernacular Press, vide Press
- Victoria, Queen, 333, 337, 448, 492
- Wang Chao, Reformer, 197, 232, 449
- Wang Wen-shao, 194, 247, 278, 298, 340, 342, 354, 402
- Wan Li, Emperor, 1
- War, with England and France (1860), 14 et seq.
- of Boxers, 266
- Russo-Japanese, 506
- with France, 154, 166, 505
- with Japan, 98, 157, 167-8, 170, 180, 249, 510
- Wei Chung, Eunuch, 83
- Weihaiwei, 99, 390
- “Wen Ching,” 2, 477, 479
- Weng T’ung-ho, 151, 156-7, 178 et seq., 233-5, 505, 510
- Wen Hsi, 120
- Wen Lien, 282, 289, 298, 301
- Wen T’i, Censor, 194, 400
- Western learning, 187, 191, 199
- White Lily sect, 247, 311, 321
- Winter Palace, 198, 260
- Women, in the Palace, 232
- not allowed with army, 485
- not allowed with Imperial cortège, 45
- rulers, 52, 466
- Wu, Empress, 52, 189, 270, 472
- Wu K’o-tu, 110 et seq., 132 et seq., 445, 461, 506
- suicide of, 135, 137
- Wu San-kuei, 74
- Wu Ta-ch’eng, 163, 165
- Wu-T’ai shan, 350
- Yakoub Beg, 509
- Yang Ju, 330
- Yang Jui, 202, 220, 225
- Yangkunu, Prince, 1
- Yang Shen-hsiu, 190, 195
- Yangtsze provinces, 78, 328
- under Taipings, 67
- Viceroys, vide Southern
- Yehonala Clan, 2-4, 122, 158, 163, 166, 213, 465, 515
- Yehonala, Concubine Imperial, 1 to 13 et seq., 26-7 (vide Tzŭ Hsi)
- her sisters, 11, 123, 126
- Yeh, Viceroy, 12, 24
- Yellow Emperor, 145
- Yellow Girdles, vide Aisin Gioros
- Yellow River, 163, 238, 397, 400, 509
- Yellow Sedan-chair, 164
- paper decrees, 243
- Turban sect, 314
- “Yi” Concubine, (vide Yehonala), 17, 31
- Yin Chang, 384-5
- Ying Nien, 366-7, 372
- Ying Tsung, Emperor, 125
- Yi, Prince, vide Tsai Yuan, 27, 48
- “Young China,” 178, 418, 433, 476, 491
- Yüan Ch’ang, 269, 270, 273, 281, 292, 294, 307-26, 377
- Yüan Dynasty, 314
- Yüan Shih-k’ai, 82, 171, 201, 203 et seq., 311, 334, 400, 402, 410, 429, 451, 459, 460
- Yu-Ch’uan pu (Ministry of Communications), 430
- Yü Hsien, 252, 254, 260, 273, 287, 291, 311, 323, 348-9, 365, 372
- Yü Lu, Viceroy, 195, 257, 264, 282, 292, 297, 312, 323, 343
- Yünnan, Rebellion in, 117
About This Book
A chronological account of the life and political career of the Empress Dowager Tzŭ Hsi, tracing her origins and rise within the imperial court, her regencies and influence over successive emperors, interactions with court factions and eunuchs, responses to reform movements, and her role during the anti-foreign uprising and court exile; the book draws on official papers and a household diary to describe palace ceremonies, statecraft decisions, and the recovery and final years of her rule, illustrating the complexities of late imperial governance and the personal and institutional forces that shaped policy and succession.