Chapter XIV

A child of four chosen Emperor--The power of the Empress
Dowager--The Palace feud--The Palace at Pekin--A Frenchman's
interview with the Emperor--The Emperor's person held
sacred--Coming of age of the Emperor--An enlightened
proclamation--Reception of the foreign ministers in
1889--Education of the young monarch--He goes to do homage at the
tombs of his ancestors--A wife is chosen for him--His secondary
wives--China, the battle-ground of the future--Railway concessions 251

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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1. VIEW OF HONG-KONG TAKEN FROM ABOVE THE TOWN 3
2. CHINESE SOLDIERS 5
3. CHINESE WEAPONS 6
4. CHINESE HELMET AND QUIVER 7
5. A YOUNG CHINESE WOMAN 8
6. A CHINESE COURTESAN 9
7. HWANG-TIEN-SHANG-TI, THE GOD OF HEAVEN 11
8. A CHINESE MANDARIN 15
9. ANCIENT CHINESE COSTUMES 17
10. ANCIENT CHINESE COSTUMES 18
11. A YOUNG CHINESE POET 21
12. A NAUGHTY PUPIL 28
13. A CHINESE BRIDGE SPANNING THE HOANG-HO 31
14. A PAGODA 34
15. A STREET IN CANTON 40
16. A WOMAN OF THE PEOPLE WITH HER BABY 41
17. A CHINESE MANDARIN 42
18. A GONG-RINGER 43
19. A CHINESE ACTOR 44
20. A CHINESE ACTOR IN A TRAGIC PART 47
21. A VILLA NEAR CANTON 51
22. GENERAL TCHENG-KI-TONG 58
23. LAO-TSZE 67
24. THE HOUSE IN WHICH CONFUCIUS WAS BORN 75
25. PORTRAIT OF CONFUCIUS 76
26. A FUNERAL PROCESSION IN CHINA 77
27. CHINESE TOMBS 78
28. A CHINESE CEMETERY 80
29. A YOUNG CHINESE MARRIED LADY 88
30. A MARRIAGE PROCESSION 92
31. A DESPERATE MAN 94
32. THE TOMB OF CONFUCIUS 95
33. CHINESE PEASANT CRUSHING RICE 122
34. A CHINESE FERRYMAN 124
35. A MANDARIN'S HOUSE 127
36. PORTRAIT OF HIS EXCELLENCY LI-HUNG-CHANG 138
37. ICHANG 141
38. A CHINESE DYER AT WORK 143
39. A CHINESE VISITING CARD 144
40. A CHINESE RESTAURANT. AFTER THE REPAST 156
41. A CHINESE JUNK 165
42. AN OPIUM-SMOKER 179
43. OPIUM PIPES 181
44. REQUISITES FOR OPIUM-SMOKING 183
45. A TEMPLE AT TIEN-TSIN 195
46. THE GREAT WALL 206
47. BURNING OF MANDARINS AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS,
BY ORDER OF SHIH-KWANG-TI 209
48. A STREET IN PEKIN 214
49. NIGHT-WATCHMEN IN PEKIN 216
50. A CHINESE GENERAL IN HIS WAR-CHARIOT 220
51. PORCELAIN TOWER AT NANKING 222
52. MONOLITHS AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE TOMBS OF THE
MING EMPERORS 231
53. CHINESE BRONZES 233
54. PORTRAIT OF ONE OF THE CHINESE EMPERORS OF THE
CH'ING DYNASTY, PROBABLY KIEN-LONG 242
55. ONE OF THE REGENTS DURING THE MINORITY OF TUNG-CHE 249
56. A CHINESE SEDAN-CHAIR AND BEARERS 255
57. A BONZE TORTURING HIMSELF IN A TEMPLE, AFTER A
CHINESE PAINTING 260
58. THE TOWN AND BRIDGE OF FUCHAN 265

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