The Awakening of China by W.A.P. Martin

W >> W.A.P. Martin >> The Awakening of China

Pages:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20

T'ai-kia, successor of Shang-tang, 80
Tai-ping Rebellion, the, a result of the Opium War, 156
details of, 157-162
Tai-pings, the, try to establish a new empire, the _Tai-ping
Tien-kwoh_, 158
commonly called "Chang-mao," long-haired rebels, owing to their rejection
of the tonsure and cue, 161
defeated by Gordon, 161
descend into the plains of Hunan, pillage three cities, and capture
Nanking, massacring its garrison of 25,000 Manchus, 158-159
go into winter quarters, and, dividing their forces, are cut off in
detail, 159
hold Nanking for ten years, 159
loose morals and travesty of sacred things horrify Christian world, 161
missionaries attracted by their profession of Christianity, 160
queer titles adopted by, 161
sympathy for their cause by Consul Meadows, 159
unsuccessfully attempt to drive the Manchus from Peking, 159
Tai-tsung, second emperor of the T'ang dynasty, 120
Taiyuan-fu, missionaries murdered at by the governor, 180
Ta-Ki, a wicked woman by whom Chou-sin is said to have been led into his
evil courses, 81
_Ta Kiang_, "Great River," the Chinese name for the Yang-tse Kiang, 28
Taku, at the mouth of the Peiho, 33
capture of forts by British and French, repulse of allied forces in
following year, 33
[Page 325]
Tamerlane, Mongolian origin of, 61
born in Turkestan, 61
Tanao, a minister of Hwang-ti, author of the cycle of sixty, 77
T'ang dynasty, founded by Li Yuen, 118
an Augustan age, 119
annals, 119-125
Tang Shao-yi, a Chinese, one of two ministers appointed to take charge of
the entire customs service, 208
Tao Kwang, Emperor, resolves to put a stop to opium traffic, 152
Tartars, encroach on the Flowery Land, 117
suspicious of other foreigners, 151
Tartary, Grand Khan of, 111
Tatnall, Commodore, his kind action at Taku, 167
Ta-ts'ing dynasty, the, its annals, 140-145
Ta-yue, or Yu the Great, early emperor, subdues the waters of a deluge, 75
casts 9 brazen tripods, 79
departs from practice of his predecessors and leaves throne to his
son, 76
devotes nine years to the dredging and diking of rivers, 75
his acts and reign, 78-79
monuments commemorating his labours, 75
Telegraph and telephone, introduction of, 204-205
Temples of Heaven, Earth and Agriculture, 36
Teng-chow College, founded by Dr. C. W. Mateer, 285
Tenney, Dr., and the University of Tientsin, 213
Text-books, prepared by missionaries--Edkins, Martin, Muirhead, Williamson
and Wylie, 287-288
Theatre, the Chinese, 114
Three Kingdoms, the, states of Wei, Wu and Shuh, 112
Lo Kwan-chung, author of a historical novel, 113
Tibet, the land of the Grand Lama, 62
called by the Chinese "the roof of the world," 63
Chinese influence in is nearly _nil_, 62
explored by Huc and Gabet, 63
mother of great rivers, 63
polyandry prevalent, 63
Tieliang, a Manchu, one of two ministers appointed to take charge of the
entire customs service, 208
_Tien_ and _Shang-ti_, question among Catholics concerning the
terms, 143
_Tien Chu_, substitution of, for _Shang-ti_ repulsive to pious
Chinese, 144
_Tien Ho_, "River of Heaven," Chinese term for the Milky Way, 63
Tien-hwang, Ti-hwang, and Jin-hwang, three mythical rulers who reigned
eighteen thousand years each, 71
[Page 326]
_Tiensheng_, Chinese name for province of Yuennan 52
Tientsin, province of Chihli, rises anew from its half-ruined condition, 33
ranks as third of treaty ports, 34
treaties of, 166
Ti-hwang, Jin-hwang, and Tien-hwang, three mythical rulers, 71
Togo, Admiral, in Russo-Japanese War, 184, 185, 188, 191, 192
Tongking, French left in possession of, 170
Translators, corps of, Dr. John Fryer's prominent connection with, 288
Tsao Tsao founds the state of Wei, 112
Tsai Lun, inventor of paper 116
Ts'ang-Kie, the Cadmus of China, author of its written characters, 77
Ts'in dynasty, Yin Cheng brings the whole country under his sway and
assumes title of _Shi-Hwang-ti_ "Emperor First," 101
annals of, 101-104
builds Great Wall, 101
lasts for a century and a half, 116
Ts'in, Prince of, offers fifteen cities for a kohinoor, 98
Tsinan-fu, railway from the sea to, built by the Germans, 30
_Tsin-shi_, "Literary Doctor," degree of, 123
Tsungming, Island of, formed by the waters of the Yang-tse Kiang, 28
and Tunking coupled in popular proverb, 28
Tsushima, Battle of, 191-192
Tuan Fang, governor of Hupeh, 242-243
favourable specimen of a Manchu, 276
Tuan, Prince, father of the heir apparent, 174
Tufu, poet of the T'ang dynasty, 119
Tung-chi, Emperor, death of, 273
Tung-chou-kiun, last monarch of the Chou dynasty, 99
Turkestan, 3, 61
majority of the inhabitants Mohammedans, 61
most of the khanates absorbed by Russia, 61

Union Medical College, Peking, 285
Urga, Mongolia, a shrine for pilgrimage, 58
Uriu, Admiral, in Russo-Japanese War, 184

Verbiest, the Jesuit, made president of Board of Astronomy, 143

Wall, Great, see Great Wall Wang Chao, invents new alphabet, 217
Ward, Frederick G., the American, and the Tai-ping rebellion, 160
Ward, Hon. J. E., American minister, proceeds to Peking by land, 167
[Page 327]
declines to kneel to Emperor, 168
Wei, one of the Nan-peh Chao, 116
Weihien, in Shantung, destined to become a railway centre, 30
Weihwei-fu, city on the border of Chihli and Honan, 41
Wensiang, success of Prince Kung's administration largely due to him, 277
contests with Tungsuin in extemporaneous verse, 277
Wen-ti, "patron of letters," a ruler of the house of Han, 107
Wen-wang, the real founder of the Chou dynasty, 84
encourages letters, 84
known as a commentator in the _Yih-king_, 84
Whales, the river near Hang-chow a trap for, 23
Wheat, produced in all the provinces, 3
Williams, Dr. S. Wells, takes charge of American Board printing press at
Canton, 283
labours, 283
"The Middle Kingdom," 283
Witte, Count, and Portsmouth treaty, 193
Women in China, considered out of place in attempting to govern, 82
Writing, reform in, 216
new alphabet invented, 217
Wu, Empress, succeeds Kao-tsung and reigns for twenty-one years, 121
Wu Pa, the five dictators, 96
Wu San-kwei, a traitorous Chinese general, makes terms with the
Manchus, 140-141
Wu Ti, Liang emperor, who became a Buddhist monk, 117
Wu-ti, "the five rulers," 71
Wu-ting-fang, Chinese minister at Washington, and legal reforms, 214
Wu-wang, the martial king, rescues the people from the oppression of the
Shangs, 83

Xavier, St. Francis, arrives at Macao, is not allowed to land, and dies
on the Island of St. John, 138

Yang, chief supporter of the leader of the Tai-pings, 157-158
Yang Chia Kow, called by foreign sailors "Yankee Cow," at the mouth of
the Yellow River, 29
Yang-tse Kiang, possible Tibetan source of, 63
new islands made by, 28
Yan Kien, a Chinese general sets up the Sui dynasty, 117
Yao, type of an unselfish monarch, 73
astronomical observations, 76
passes by son in naming his successor, 73
Yeh, Viceroy, and the _Arrow_ War, 162
[Page 328]
Yellow River, source of, 63
forsakes its old bed, 29
"Yellow ruler, the," reputed inventor of letters and the cycle of sixty
years, 72
Yellow Sea, why so called, 28
Yermak, 182
Yu and Li, two bad kings of the house of Chou, 88
Yuen or Mongol dynasty 131-134
Yuen Shi Kai, Viceroy, preeminent in the work of reform, 212
Yungcheng, succeeds Kanghi and reigns fourteen years, 144
Yungloh, emperor of the Ming dynasty, 136
"Thesaurus of," 136
Yuenkwei, viceregal district of, 15, 52
Yuennan, province of, 52, 53
coal measures and copper mines, 52
hundred tribes of aborigines within its borders, 52
unhealthful climate, 52

Pages:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20