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China Under the Empress Dowager

by J. O. P. Bland and E. Backhouse

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  1. 1Note
  2. 2I — The Parentage and Youth of Yehonala
  3. 3II — The Flight to Jehol
  4. 4III — The Tsai Yüan Conspiracy
  5. 5IV — The First Regency
  6. 6V — Tseng Kuo-Fan and the Taiping Rebellion (1864)
  7. 7VI — Tzŭ Hsi and the Eunuchs
  8. 8VII — A Question of Etiquette
  9. 9VIII — Majority and Death of the Emperor T’ung-Chih
  10. 10IX — The Protest and Suicide of Wu K’o-Tu
  11. 11X — Tzŭ Hsi Becomes Sole Regent
  12. 12XI — Tzŭ Hsi “En Retraite”
  13. 13XII — The Reform Movement of 1898
  14. 14XIII — The Hundred Days of Reform
  15. 15XIV — The Coup D’État of 1898
  16. 16XV — Tzŭ Hsi Resumes the Regency (1898)
  17. 17XVI — The Genesis of the Boxer Movement
  18. 18XVII — The Diary of His Excellency Ching Shan
  19. 19XVIII — In Memory of Two Brave Men
  20. 20XIX — Sidelights on Tzŭ Hsi’s Statecraft
  21. 21XX — The Flight From Peking and the Court in Exile
  22. 22XXI — How the Boxer Leaders Died
  23. 23XXII — The Old Buddha Penitent
  24. 24XXIII — The Return of the Court to Peking
  25. 25XXIV — Her Majesty’s New Policy
  26. 26XXV — The Valedictory Memorial of Jung Lu
  27. 27XXVI — Her Majesty’s Last Days
  28. 28XXVII — Tzŭ Hsi’s Death and Burial
  29. 29XXVIII — Conclusion
  30. 30Appendix — Biographical Notes on Chang Chih-Tung, Tso Tsung-T’ang,…

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