Abstract

Introduction Preface 1. The Reform Movement of 1898 2. The collapse of the Reform Movement 3. Reaction and the Boxer Movement, 1898-1901 4. The last years of Kuang-Hsu, 1901-1908 5. The Empress-Dowager, T`zu-Hsi 6. The Revolution, 1911 7. The 'Articles of Favourable Treatment' of the Manchu Imperial House 8. The Ta Ch`ing and the Hung Hsien Emperors 9. Change Hsun and the Restoration of 1917 10. Autobiography of the Old Man of the Pine-Tree (translated from the Chinese) 11. The Forbidden City, 1919-1924 12. The Imperial tutors 13. The Manchu court in twilight 14. The Imperial Household Department (Nei Wu Fu) 15. The dragon unfledged 16. Monarchist hopes and dreams 17. The dragon restless 18. The dragon flaps his wings 19. Dragon and phoenix 20. Plots and stratagems 21. The Imperial garden 22. The summer palace 23. The Fifth of November 24. The dragon caged 25. The flight of the dragon Epilogue: the dragon goes home Pedigree of the Manchu Emperors Notes Index.

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