Map

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THE CHINESE AND THEIR REBELLIONS, VIEWED IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR NATIONAL PHILOSOPHY, ETHICS, LEGISLATION, AND ADMINISTRATION

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PREFACE

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Contents

pp li-lxii

ERRATA

pp lxii-lxiii

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CHAPTER I - POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY AND ADMINISTRATIVE MACHINERY

pp 1-15

CHAPTER II - THEORY AND PRACTICAL WORKING OF THE NORMAL CHINESE AUTOCRACY

pp 16-29

CHAPTER III - ACCESSION, ABNORMAL POLICY, AND WEAKNESS OF THE MANCHOO DYNASTY

pp 30-33

CHAPTER IV - RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE, CAUSES OF ITS UNITY AND GENERAL HOMOGENEITY, AND OF CERTAIN PECULIARITIES IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN CHINESE

pp 34-50

CHAPTER V - M. HUC'S OPINIONS OF THE CHINESE

pp 51-73

CHAPTER VI - HUNG SEW TSEUEN, THE ORIGINATOR OF THE REBELLION, HIS EARLY BIOGRAPHY AND HIS ADOPTION OF CHRISTIANITY

pp 74-83

CHAPTER VII - HUNG SEW TSEUEN'S ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW SECT OF CHRISTIANS IN KWANG SE, AND CAUSES OF HIS SUCCESS

pp 84-97

CHAPTER VIII - ORIGIN OF THE GROSSER FANATICISMS OF THE NEW SECT OF CHRISTIANS

pp 98-105

CHAPTER IX - RETROSPECTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MANCHOO POWER IN CHINA

pp 106-111

CHAPTER X - FORMATION OF CHINESE POLITICAL SOCIETIES AGAINST THE MANCHOO DOMINATION, AND ORIGIN OF CHINESE INSURRECTIONS AND REBELLIONS GENERALLY

pp 112-122

CHAPTER XI - CONVERSATIONS OF THE OLD EMPEROR TAOU KWANG WITH A HIGH MANDARIN RESPECTING BRITISH PROJECTS AND THE STATE OF SOUTHERN CHINA

pp 123-136

CHAPTER XII - MEASURES OF THE IMPERIAL AUTHORITIES AGAINST THE KWANG SE CHRISTIANS; AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF THESE INTO RELIGIOUS POLITICAL REBELS

pp 137-144

CHAPTER XIII - MILITARY AND POLITICAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE TAE PING REBELS FROM THEIR FIRST RISING TILL AFTER THEIR OCCUPATION OF NANKING

pp 145-174

CHAPTER XIV - MILITARY HISTORY OF THE TAE PINGS, AFTER THE OCCUPATION OF NANKING, UP TO THE PRESENT TIME

pp 175-190

CHAPTER XV - STATE OF THE SEA-BOARD POPULATION AT THE MOUTH OF THE GREAT RIVER, ON THE APPROACH OF THE TAE PINGS

pp 191-212

CHAPTER XVI - EXCURSION ON THE GRAND CANAL TO OBTAIN INFORMATION RESPECTING THE REBELS

pp 213-250

CHAPTER XVII - INTERCOURSE OF THE TAE PINGS WITH WESTERN FOREIGNERS

pp 251-325

CHAPTER XVIII - NOTICE OF THE PHILOSOPHY, MORALITY, AND POLITY OF THE CHINESE, AND OF THE RELIGION OF THE GOVERNING CLASS

pp 326-409

CHAPTER XIX - CHRISTIANITY AND PROSPECTS OF THE TAE PINGS

pp 410-463

CHAPTER XX - THE BEST POLICY OF WESTERN STATES TOWARDS CHINA

pp 464-492

CIVILIZATION, &c

CHAPTER I - DEFINITION OF CIVILIZATION

pp 493-520

CHAPTER II - RELIGION, SCIENCE, AND ART

pp 521-570