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 | Court Life In China |  |
- AGRICULTURE, TEMPLE OF, 337
- Alute, 39; relatives of, 40
- America, 30, 220
- American Bible Society, 123
- Amoor, 42
- Anhui braves, 42
- Arrow war, 29
- Art, Chinese, 84
- Art gallery, 198
- Astronomy, 240
- Audience, diplomatic ladies prepare for, 69, 96, 97 ff., 156, 161, 165
- Audience, first, 39, 155
- Audiences, at midnight, 194
- BALL, DYER, 288
- Beggars, 236
- Beresford Lord Charles, 25
- Blackwood's Magazine, 52
- Board of Mines, 80
- Board of Punishments, 286
- Board of Railroads, 80
- Board of Rites, 157
- Bomb blows up train, 74
- Boxers, 54, 55, 69, 98, 144, 157, 162, 164, 167, 172, 179, 180, 206, 223, 234, 236
- Brass, 331
- Brick bed, 252
- Bronze, 331
- Brougham, 176
- Buddha, thousand armed, 196
- Buddhists, 300
- Bushell, S. W., 84
- CALISTHENICS, 214, 216
- Canton, 241
- Carl, Miss, 104, 198
- Carts, Chinese, 272
- Chang Chih-tung, 46, 56, 172, 306, 314, 354
- Chang Hsü, Mrs., 203
- Chang Yin-huan, 44
- Chen, Mr., 152
- Chiang, General, 181
- Chien Lung, 34, 36, 121, 193
- Chien men, 190
- Chihli, Province of, 43, 345
- Chinese Government, rescue of French prisoners by, 25
- Chinese lady's ideal of beauty, 229; not received at court, 233
- Chinese Progress, 57, 58, 143
- Ching, Prince, 45, 104, 147, 170, 172, 174, 177, 205, 206, 208, 209, 231, 306, 320
- Chin Shih (graduate of the third degree), 277
- Christian schools, 53
- Christian women give Bible to Empress Dowager, 122
- Chuang, Prince, 179, 205
- Chuang Yüan (highest type of graduate), 221, 277
- Chü Jen (graduate of the second degree), 277
- Chün, Prince, ancestry, 172; appearance, 173; attends dedicatory services, 180; changes officials, 307; gives luncheon, 170; humour, 173; prepared for the regency, 178; selected regent, 160, 171; understand foreign affairs, 182
- Chün, Princess, 177
- Circus, Chinese, 223
- "Classic for Girls,'' quotations from, 26 f.
- "Classic for Girls,'' filial piety, 27
- Coal Hill, 190, 192, 196-197
- College of Inscriptions, 90
- Colquhoun, A R., 25, 246
- Concubines, 13, 242, 248, 257, 305
367368
- Conger, Major, 173, 181
- Conger, Mrs. E. H., 96, 104, 173, 177, 200
- Conservatives, 54, 55, 74, 131, 145, 159, 172, 176
- Constitution for China, 73
- Coup d'état, 204
- Court ladies, 100
- Court painters, 89
- Curio street, Liu Li Chang, 92
- Curriculum of girls' schools, 217
- DANE shopkeeper, 115, 116
- Denby, Colonel, 25, 36, 44, 130, 156
- Dining habits, 259
- Diphtheria, 281
- "Do not know my own children,'' 258
- Dowager Princess, 295, 298
- Dress, and dressing, 252 ff.
- Duke Kuei, 201
- Duke Tse, with commission, 77, 207
- ECLIPSE 153
- Edicts, list of by Kuang Hsü, 137 ff.
- Embroidery, 217, 251
- Empress Dowager, where born, 9; father's name 9; don't talk about, 10, brothers and sisters of, 10; when born, 10; appearance of, 8; enjoys theatricals, 11; name (Miss Chao), registered, 11-12; selected as concubine, 14-27; character of, 18, 33, 36,52,97, attitude towards Boxers accounted for, 22; first impressions of the foreigner, 24; disposition to learn, 27; beheads six reformers, 60; Western 28, Eastern, 28 , exile at Jehol, 31; two phases in life of, 31; policy of, 34, 48; realization of her duty, 36; characteristics of, 36, 194 ff., 209; ability to choose statesmen, 36, 146; regent, 37; not satisfied, 37; adopts Prince Kung's daughter, 38; plans for succession, 39; watches officials, 43, 45, 46; plays one party against another, 48; again called to throne, 53; issues secret edict, 61; issues unwise edicts, 314; ready to go to war, 64, convert to the policy of progress, 68; began reforms, 72; photographs of, 73; painting teacher of, 85, 86; as an artist, 86 ff.; as Goddess of Mercy, 90, 91; asks bowl of, 100, apartments of, 192, private audiences of 102; death of, 343 ff.; inquires about education of girls, 102; issues edict commending female education, 103; her name, 344; inquires about church, 103; superstitions of, 104, 105; appearance of, 107; no double in history, 109; sat behind him holding reins, 142; not reactionary, 144; calls meeting of princes, 161, 162, 163; arranges marriages, 176; subscribes to Union Medical College, 181
- England, 30, 53, 133, 141, 182
- Eunuch, Li Lien-ying, 92
- Eunuchs, 97, 123, 124, 125, 154, 166, 205, 213, 231, 249, 252, 271, 305
- FAIRS, 330
- Famine relief, 222
- Fast days, 268
- Father's name, will not speak, 277
- Feet, bound, 230
- Filial piety, "Classic for Girls,'' 27
- Food, Chinese, 218
- Foot-binding 105
- Forbidden City, 42, 186, 187 ff.
- Foreign devil, 24
- Foreign office, 37, 60
369
- "Four Books for Girls,'' 365
- France, 30, 53, 133, 141, 175, 182
- French prisoners, 25
- Fruit in Peking, 258
- Funeral ceremonies, 289 ff.
- Furs, 331
- GARDEN, 191, 262
- German Emperor, 175
- German missionaries, 55
- Germany, 53, 133, 175, 182, 356
- Giles Prof., 37, 270
- "Giris, Primer for,'' 228
- Gladstone photographed with Li Hung-chang, 45
- God, slave girl prayed only to, 240
- "Golden Lilies,'' 230
- Gorst, Harold, 26
- Gospel, power of the, 340
- Grand council, 71
- Great Britain and opium, 80
- Great pure dynasty, 34
- HAIR, combing of the, 254
- Hang Chou, lady of, 223
- Hanlin (graduate of the fourth degree), 277
- Hart, Sir Robert, 48, 181, 248
- Hayes, W. M., 364
- Headland, Mrs., 85, 86, 87, 91, 96, 157, 161, 165, 176, 202, 206, 213, 229, 243, 251, 271
- Heaven, eastern, 299
- Henry, Prince, 155
- Holcomb, Chester, 25, 304
- Home, a Chinese, 247
- Hongkong, 141
- Hopkins, Dr., 91, 180, 181
- Hsian, 118, 165, 188, 239
- Hsien Feng, Emperor, 14, 37, 142, 172, 201, 348; concubine of, 14; flees from British, 31; died at Jehol, 31
- Hsiu Tsai (graduate of the first degree), 277
- Hsü Ching-cheng, 164
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- Hsü, the Misses, 276
- lfu, Governor, 173, 174, 181
- ILLS of Chinese ladies, 271
- Imperial College, 132
- Imperial present, 265
- Imperial Princess, 205, 206
- Imperial temples, 196
- Imperial University, 139, 155
- Incense-burners, 331
- Intrigue, palace, 41
- Italy, 182
- JAPAN, 135, 140, 143, 152, 182
- Japanese, 188, 215, 216, 220
- Jehol, 31
- Jewelry, 332
- Johnston, Charles, 113
- Johnston, R. F., 328
- Jung, Lady, 176
- Jung Lu, 47, 54, 55, 59, 135, 146, 311
- Jupiter and his moons, 240
- Ju yi (a wedding present), 251, 262
- KA-LA-CHIN, PRINCESS, 218
- Kang Hsi, 34, 193
- Kang Kuangjen, 60, 157
- Kang Yi, 55
- Kang Yu-wei, 54, 59, 60, 134, 135, 148, 153, 157, 204, 309
- Kettler, Baron von, 174, 178, 179, 180, 181
- Kiaochou, 141
- Kuan, Mr., 89, 90
- Kuang-chou-wan, 141
- Kuang Hsü, 42, 54, 74, 151;
loses four ports, 53; deposed,
53; issues edict, 56; standing
to left of Dowager, 71;
betrothal of, 107; appearance of,
112, 167; chosen emperor,
114; fondness for toys, 115,
131; not all ideal child, 117;
apartments of, 118; fondness
for railroad telegraph, etc.,
119, 120, face turned to the
future, 121, 122; buys Bible,
123; studies Gospel of Luke, 123; issues edict favouring Christianity, 125, 130; studies English, 126; buys foreign books, 127, 133; tries to ride bicycle, 128; as a man, 131; not an imbecile, 131; list of edicts issued by, 137 ff.; selection of a successor, 159; opposes Boxers, 163; how guarded, 167; dines with Empress Dowager, 168; kicks off shoe at Yehonala, 202; hates Yüan Shih-kai 316; complains of his hard lot, 322; could not have been put to death by any one man, 323370
- Kuei Chün, 56
- Kuei Fei (first concubine), 27
- Kung, Prince, 31, 32, 36, 37, 38, 41, 45, 135, 205
- LADY YÜAN, 208
- Lamas, 300, 339
- Launches, steam, 121
- Liang Chi-tsao, 60
- Liang Tung-yen, 170
- Li Han-chang, 282
- Li Hung-chang, 41, 42, 43, 145, 172, 175, 278, 280, 282, 306; sent to Japan, 44; sent to Russia, 44; "Bismarck of the East,'' 45; invited to Summer Palace, 45; degraded, 45; Viceroy of Kuangtung, 56
- Li Lien-ying, 92, 168
- Li Ping-heng, 55
- Li Po, 230
- Literati, 304
- Liu Hsin, 60
- Liu Kuang-ti, 60
- Liu Kun-yi, 46, 56, 314
- Liu Li Chang, curio street, 92
- Lotus Lake, 196
- MANCHU lady's ideal of beauty, 229
- Manchu and Chinese ladies do not associate, 231
- Manchu uses cosmetics freely, 254
- Manners and customs of the Chinese, 246
- Map on fan, 175
- Marriages, students' method, 250
- Marry a princess, no prince can, 218
- Martin, W. A. P., 68, 156, 360, 365
- Meats in Peking, 259
- Medicine, 282, 283
- Memorial arch, to von Kettler, 179
- Men and their clothing, 263
- Miao, Lady, 85, 86, 87, 88, 93
- Missionary educational institutions, 132
- Mongolian, 218, 220, 221
- Month old feast, 266
- Moole, Bishop, 181
- Mother-in-law, 257, 273
- Mourning rites, 288
- NANKING, address of Tuan Fang at, 76
- Nanking University, 76
- Na Tung, 179, 181
- Newspaper, Woman's Daily, 225
- New Testament, 122
- New York, 252
- OCCUPATION of Chinese ladies, 251
- Opium reform of Empress Dowager, 78
- Opium War 22
- Opium (Yang Yen), 23
- Ore, stores of, 219
- PAINTING teacher, of Empress Dowager, 85
- Palace, party in the, 41
- Pawned trousers of child, 276
- Peking, 189; description of, 189, 328; city of the court, 329
- Peking University, 59, 145
- Peter the Great, 134
- Philadelphia, 258
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- Phonograph, 120
- Physicians, 283, 284, 345
- Porcelain, 331, 333
- Port Arthur, 141
- Portrait of Empress Dowager, 104
- Precious stones, 332
- Priests, 295
- Princesses, 71; Princess Shun, 85, 200, 207, 208; Princess Pu Lun 182; Princess Tsai Chen, 208; fourth Princess, 209; Princess Su, 213
- Private audiences, 102
- Progressives, 55
- Prospect Hill, 197
- Protocol, 165
- Pu I, 160, 171, 346
- Pu Lun, 182, 306
- Pu Lun, Princess, 182
- QUESTIONS for examination, 363
- Queue, abolition of, 143; a Manchu style, 232
- REFORM club, 133, 134
- Reform really due to Emperor, 72
- Reformers, 55
- Reformers, six beheaded, 54, 60
- Regency, after death of Hsien Feng, 31
- Registration, objections to, 12
- Roosevelt, President, 73
- Russia, 53, 133, 141
- Russia invited to join England in war, 30
- SAINT JAMES COURT OF, 248
- Samuel, little 267
- Saratoga trunk, 272
- Schools, 214, 365
- Scidmore, Elizah Ruhamah, 8
- Sealed memorials, 144
- Secret edict, 61
- Sedan chair 259 ff.
- Seventh Prince, married to Empress Dowager's sister, 39, 201
- Shakespeare, 194
- Shanghai, 120
- Shansi, 56
- Shantung, 56
- Shoes for Empress Dowager, 274
- Shun, Princess, 85, 200, 207, 208
- Silkworm, 197
- Sister of Empress Dowager married to Seventh Prince, 39
- Sisters-in-law, 250, 252
- Slave girl saved by mistress, 234 ff.
- Smith, Arthur H., 33, 157
- Social life, 247
- Soldiers, paper, 20; stories about, 21
- Spirit doctors, 284
- St. Louis Exposition, 220
- Su, Dowager Princess, 289 ff.
- Su, Prince, 162, 163, 170, 214, 218, 219, 221, 231, 290, 293, 298, 306
- Suicide, 224, 280
- Summer Palace, 45, 121, 144, 146, 147
- Sun Chia-nai, 360
- Sunday, 217
- TABLE decorations, 98
- Taft, Marcus L., 126
- Tai-ping Rebellion, 19
- Tai ping, stories of, 20-21
- Talienwan 141
- "Talking in the sleeve,'' 333
- Tan Sze-tung, 60
- Taoists, 300
- Tao Kuang, 173, 177
- Tartar City, 330
- Tea drinking, 261
- Telescope, 240
- Temple of Heaven, 151, 334
- Temples of Agriculture, 337; of the Sun, 338; of the Moon, 338; of the Earth 338; Lama, 338; Confucian, 338, 339
- Tenny, C. D., 317, 365
- Testament, New, sent to Empress Dowager, 355
- Theatre, 168, 263, 264
- Third Princess, 221, 223
- Tourists, 197
- Townley, Lady Susan, 342
372
- Train provided for Empress, 74
- Travelling, methods of, in Peking, 259 ff.
- Tsai Chen, 170, 208
- Tsai Feng (Prince Chan), 160
- Tsai Tien (see Kuang Hsü), 114, 115
- Tse, Duke, 77, 207
- Tuan Fang, Governor of Shensi, 56; head of commission, 74, 75 address at Waldorf- Astoria, 76; address at Nanking University, 76
- Tuan, Prince, 48, 161, 162; appointed member of foreign office, 48; selection of his son as emperor, 159, determination to murder Von Kettler, 179
- Tu Fu, 270
- Tung Chih, 32,34,113,160, 201; married, 39; death of, 40, 41, 113
- UNCLE, lady flees to, 239
- University, Peking Imperial, 359
- VEGETABLE food, 267
- Vinegar, eat, 249
- Visit the Forbidden City, 188
- Vos, Mr. 198
- WAIST BINDING, 106
- Waldorf-Astoria, 75
- Wang Chao, 143, 157
- Wang Wen-shao, 46
- Washuagton, 252, 332
- Wei-hai-wei, 141
- Western education, 222
- White peril, 358
- Widows, 254
- Wildman, Rounsevelle, 150
- Williams, S. Wells, 186
- Woman's Daily Newspaper, 225
- Women, their position, 330
- Wu men, 189
- Wu-Sung Railroad, 120
- YANG JUI, 60
- Yang Shen-hsin, 60
- Yehonala, 77, 201, 202, 207
- Yin-ma, 20
- Yin-Yang, 345
- Yüan Chang, 164
- "Yüan Fan,'' 18
- Yüan, Lady, 208
- Yüan Shih-kai, 46, 146, 172; placed in charge of army, 47, 75; ordered to imprison Empress Dowager, 47; Governor of Shantung, 56, 312, 315; birthplace, 307; pupil of Li Hung-chang, 308; called an opportunist, 310; summoned to Peking, 311, tests Boxer leaders, 312; disobeys Empress Dowager's edicts, 314; mother dies, 315; Yellow Jacket received, 317; made Viceroy of Chihli, 317, establishes public school system 318; could not have put Kuang Hsü to death, 323
- Yü Hsien, 55, 56
- Yü, Mr., court photographer, 92
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