China Under the Empress Dowager The History of the Life and Times of Tzu Hsi

by Bland, J. O. P.; Trelawny Backhouse, Edmund; Sandhaus, Derek

• ISBN13: 9789881866745
• ISBN10: 988186674X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-02-01
• Publisher: Earnshaw Books

Summary

One of the most popular and controversial Chinese history books ever written, this account explores the Forbidden City during the reign of Empress Dowager Cixi (1861-1908). Entertaining and enlightening, this record examines a world of power-thirsty eunuchs, concubines, and Mandarins. Filled with intrigue, bitter antagonism, and ruthless reprisals and predicting the fall of the Qing dynasty, this history is heavily based on Chinese source materials, some of which may have been fabricated.

Author Biography

J. O. P. Bland served as China correspondent for the London Times from 1897 until he left China in 1910. Edmund Backhouse was a linguist, a scholar, and a translator, who worked for the British Foreign Service and the London Times. Derek Sandhaus is the chief editor of Earnshaw Books and the author of Tales of Old Hong Kong and Tales of Old Peking.

Table of Contents

The Parentage and Youth of Yehonala	p. 1
The Flight to Jehol	p. 14
The Tsai Yüan Conspiracy	p. 32
The First Regency	p. 53
Tseng Kuo-Fan and the Taiping Rebellion (1864)	p. 66
Tzû Hsi and the Eunuchs	p. 83
A Question of Etiquette	p. 112
Majority and Death of the Emperor T'ung-Chih	p. 119
The Protest and Suicide of Wu K'o-Tu	p. 134
Tzû Hsi Becomes Sole Regent	p. 150
Tzû Hsi ôEn Retraiteö	p. 164
The Reform Movement of 1898	p. 181
The Hundred Days of Reform	p. 193
The Coup D'état of 1898	p. 203
Tzû Hsi Resumes the Regency (1898)	p. 214
The Genesis of the Boxer Movement	p. 248
The Diary of His Excellency Ching Shan	p. 253
In Memory of Two Brave Men	p. 310
Sidelights on Tzû Hsi's Statecraft	p. 331
The Flight From Pekin and the Court in Exile	p. 344
How The Boxer Leaders Died	p. 367
The Old Buddha Penitent	p. 378
The Return of the Court to Peking	p. 391
The Majesty's New Policy	p. 420
The Valedictory Memorial of Jung Lu	p. 438
Her Majesty's Last Days	p. 445
Tzû Hsi's Death and Burial	p. 468
Conclusion	p. 481
Appendix	p. 505
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