Court Life in China: The Capital, Its Officials and People
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- COURT LIFE IN CHINA
- THE CAPITAL ITS OFFICIALS AND PEOPLE
- ISAAC TAYLOR HEADLAND
- Professor in the Peking University
- ISAAC TAYLOR HEADLAND'S THREE BOOKS THAT "LINK EAST AND WEST" Court Life in China: The Capital Its Officials and People. The Chinese Boy and Girl Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- I The Empress Dowager—Her Early Life
- I THE EMPRESS DOWAGER—HER EARLY LIFE
- II The Empress Dowager—Her Years of Training
- II THE EMPRESS DOWAGER—HER YEARS OF TRAINING
- III The Empress Dowager—As a Ruler
- III THE EMPRESS DOWAGER—AS A RULER
- IV The Empress Dowager—As a Reactionist
- IV THE EMPRESS DOWAGER—AS A REACTIONIST
- V The Empress Dowager—As a Reformer
- V THE EMPRESS DOWAGER—AS A REFORMER
- VI The Empress Dowager—As an Artist
- VI THE EMPRESS DOWAGER—AS AN ARTIST
- VII The Empress Dowager—As a Woman
- VII THE EMPRESS DOWAGER-AS A WOMAN
- VIII Kuang Hsu—His Self-Development
- VIII KUANG HSU—HIS SELF-DEVELOPMENT
- IX Kuang Hsu—As Emperor and Reformer
- IX KUANG HSU—AS EMPEROR AND REFORMER
- X Kuang Hsu—As a Prisoner
- X KUANG HSU—AS A PRISONER
- XI Prince Chun—The Regent
- XI PRINCE CHUN—THE REGENT
- XII The Home of the Court—The Forbidden City
- XII THE HOME OF THE COURT—THE FORBIDDEN CITY
- XIII The Ladies of the Court
- XIII THE LADIES OF THE COURT
- XIV The Princesses—Their Schools
- XIV THE PRINCESSES—THEIR SCHOOLS[1]
- XV The Chinese Ladies of Rank
- XV THE CHINESE LADIES OF RANK[2]
- XVI The Social Life of the Chinese Woman
- XVI THE SOCIAL LIFE OF THE CHINESE WOMAN
- XVII The Chinese Ladies—Their Ills
- XVII THE CHINESE LADIES—THEIR ILLS[4]
- XVIII The Funeral Ceremonies of a Dowager Princess
- XVIII THE FUNERAL CEREMONIES OF A DOWAGER PRINCESS[5]
- XIX Chinese Princes and Officials
- XIX CHINESE PRINCES AND OFFICIALS
- XX Peking—The City of the Court
- XX PEKING—THE CITY OF THE COURT
- XXI The Death of Kuang Hsu and the Empress Dowager
- XXI THE DEATH OF KUANG HSU AND THE EMPRESS DOWAGER
- XXII The Court and the New Education
- XXII THE COURT AND THE NEW EDUCATION
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