The Project Gutenberg E-text of Court Life in China

About this eBook

Author

Headland, Isaac Taylor, 1859-1942

Title

Court Life in China: The Capital, Its Officials and People

Credits

Produced by Charles Keller. HTML version by Al Haines.

Language

English

LoC Class

DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia

Subject

China -- Court and courtiers

Category

Text

eBook-No.

523

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/523

Release Date

May 1, 1996

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.COURT LIFE IN CHINA — THE CAPITAL ITS OFFICIALS AND PEOPLE — By
2. 2.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
3. 3.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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