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Synopsis
"A brief summary of the most important facts recorded in the dynastic annals and in the works of Jesuit writers." -London Times
"The volume is particularly authoritative." -Educational Review
"The entire history of the Manchu dynasty is compressed into one hundred and forty pages....In spite of the fact the volume is interesting, since the style is clear and the characteristics of each reign are well defined, and it is possible to gain on reading it a vivid and intelligent idea of China under the Manchus. As a handbook for a Mission Study Class, we recommend the volume highly." -The Spirit of Missions
"A succinct account of the origin of the Manchus, their domination in China, and their downfall." -International Review of Missions
The Manchus are descended from a branch of certain wild Tungusic nomads, who were known in the ninth century as the Nü-chêns, a name which has been said to mean "west of the sea." The cradle of their race lay at the base of the Ever-White Mountains, due north of Korea, and was fertilized by the head waters of the Yalu River.
In an illustrated Chinese work of the fourteenth century, of which the Cambridge University Library possesses the only known copy, we read that they reached this spot, originally the home of the Su-shên tribe, as fugitives from Korea; further, that careless of death and prizing valor only, they carried naked knives about their persons, never parting from them by day or night, and that they were as "poisonous" as wolves or tigers. They also tattooed their faces, and at marriage their mouths. By the close of the ninth century the Nü-chêns had become subject to the neighboring Kitans, then under the rule of the vigorous Kitan chieftain, Opaochi, who, in 907, proclaimed himself Emperor of an independent kingdom with the dynastic title of Liao, said to mean "iron," and who at once entered upon that long course of aggression against China and encroachment upon her territory which was to result in the practical division of the empire between the two powers, with the Yellow River as boundary, K`ai-fêng as the Chinese capital, and Peking, now for the first time raised to the status of a metropolis, as the Kitan capital. Hitherto, the Kitans had recognized China as their suzerain; they are first mentioned in Chinese history in A.D. 468, when they sent ambassadors to court, with tribute.
Contents
CHAPTER I THE NÜ-CHÊNS AND KITANS
CHAPTER II THE FALL OF THE MINGS
CHAPTER III SHUN CHIH
CHAPTER IV K`ANG HSI
CHAPTER V YUNG CHÊNG AND CH`IEN LUNG
CHAPTER VI CHIA CH`ING
CHAPTER VII TAO KUANG
CHAPTER VIII HSIEN FÊNG
CHAPTER IX T`UNG CHIH
CHAPTER X KUANG HSÜ
CHAPTER XI HSÜAN T`UNG
CHAPTER XII SUN YAT-SEN
LIST OF WORKS CONSULTED
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About the Author
Herbert Allen Giles (1845 – 1935) was a British diplomat, sinologist, and professor of Chinese language. Giles was educated at Charterhouse School before becoming a British diplomat in China. He modified a Mandarin Chinese Romanization system earlier established by Thomas Wade, resulting in the widely known Wade–Giles Chinese romanization system. Among his many works were translations of Confucius, Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu, and in 1892 the first widely published Chinese-English dictionary.
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- PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1537621262
- ISBN 13 9781537621265
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages108
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