China under the Empress Dowager

Part 48

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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

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