Chapter II: Preface: Introduction

PART I

THE EMPIRE IN OUTLINE

I. China Proper
II. A Journey Through the Provinces--Kwangtung and Kwangsi
III. Fukien
IV. Chéhkiang
V. Kiangsu
VI. Shantung
VII. Chihli
VIII. Honan
IX. The River Provinces--Hupeh, Hunan, Anhwei, Kiangsi
X. Provinces of the Upper Yang-tse--Szechuen, Kweichau, Yunnan
XI. Northwestern Provinces--Shansi, Shensi, Kansuh
XII. Outlying Territories--Manchuria, Mongolia, Turkestan, Tibet

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HISTORY IN OUTLINE, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

XIII. Origin of the Chinese
XIV. The Mythical Period
XV. The Three Dynasties
XVI. House of Chou
XVII. The Sages of China
XVIII. The Warring States
XIX. House of Ts'in
XX. House of Han
XXI. The Three Kingdoms
XXII. The Tang Dynasty
XXIII. The Sung Dynasty
XXIV. The Yuen Dynasty
XXV. The Ming Dynasty
XXVI. The Ta-Ts'ing Dynasty

PART III

CHINA IN TRANSFORMATION

XXVII. The Opening of China, a Drama in Five Acts--God in
History--Prologue
ACT 1--The Opium War
(Note on the Tai-ping Rebellion)
ACT 2--The "Arrow" War
ACT 3--War with France
ACT 4--War with Japan
ACT 5--The Boxer War
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XXVIII. The Russo-Japanese War
XXIX. Reform in China
XXX. Viceroy Chang
XXXI. Anti-foreign Agitation
XXII. The Manchus, the Normans of China