Court Life In China :: :: University of Virginia Library

I. THE EMPRESS DOWAGER—HER EARLY LIFE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
II. THE EMPRESS DOWAGER—HER YEARS OF TRAINING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
III. THE EMPRESS DOWAGER—AS A RULER . . . . . . . . . . . .33
IV. THE EMPRESS DOWAGER—AS A REACTIONIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
V. THE EMPRESS DOWAGER—AS A REFORMER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
VI. THE EMPRESS DOWAGER—AS AN ARTIST. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
VII. THE EMPRESS DOWAGER—AS A WOMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
VIII. KUANG HSÜ—HIS SELF DEVELOPMENT. . . . . . . . . 111
IX. KUANG HSÜ—AS EMPEROR AND REFORMER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
X. KUANG HSÜ—AS A PRISONER . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
XI. PRINCE CHÜN—THE REGENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
XII. THE HOME OF THE COURT—THE FORBIDDEN CITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
XIII. THE LADIES OF THE COURT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
XIV. THE PRINCESSES—THEIR SCHOOLS . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
XV. THE CHINESE LADIES OF RANK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
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XVI. THE SOCIAL LIFE OF THE CHINESE WOMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
XVII. THE CHINESE LADIES—THEIR ILLS. . . . . . . . . . . . 269
XVIII.THE FUNERAL CEREMONIES OF A DOWAGER PRINCESS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
XIX. CHINESE PRINCES AND OFFICIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
XX. PEKING—THE CITY OF THE COURT . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
XXI. THE DEATH OF KUANG HSÜ AND THE EMPRESS DOWAGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
XXII. THE COURT AND THE NEW EDUCATION . . . . . . . . . . . 353
INDEX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

ILLUSTRATIONS

DOWAGER EMPRESS AS GODDESS OF MERCY . . . . . . . .Title (Painted by a Chinese artist)
EMPRESS DOWAGER IN PEARL FRINGED ROBES. . . . . . . . . . . .36
COCK AND BEETLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
THE EMPRESS DOWAGER AS GODDESS OF MERCY . . . . . . . . . . .90
SPRIGS OF PEACH BLOOM PAINTED BY THE EMPRESS DOWAGER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
PORTRAIT OF THE EMPRESS DOWAGER BY MISS KARL, ABOUT TO LEAVE PEKING FOR ST. LOUIS EXHIBITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
MANCHU PRINCESSES AT A LUNCHEON AT THE AMERICAN LEGATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
PRINCE CHÜN AND HIS DELEGATION . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
PRINCE PU LUN, IMPERIAL DELEGATE TO THE ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
EMPRESS DOWAGER'S DINING-ROOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
A MANCHU PRINCESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
PRINCE SU AND HIS CAMEL CART. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
CHINESE LADIES IN WINTER GARMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
MRS. HEADLAND AND FRIENDS VISITING AT THE HOME OF DUKE JUNG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
THE EMPRESS DOWAGER, PLACING A FLOWER IN HER HAIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
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HATAMEN STREET BEFORE MACADAMIZING. . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
HATAMEN STREET AS IT IS TO-DAY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
PRINCE CHÜN WITH THE EMPEROR PU I ON HIS LEFT. . . . . 346
YANG SHIH HSIANG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
YÜAN SHIH KAI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362