China under the Empress Dowager
Part 48
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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