Chapter I: Front Matter

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Inconsistent hyphenation, capitalization, diacritics and spelling
in the original document have been preserved. Obvious typographical
errors have been corrected.

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CHAP. XXIII.: Tsze-kung asked, saying, "Is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life?" The Master said, "Is not RECIPROCITY such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others."

THE ENGLISHMAN IN CHINA
DURING THE VICTORIAN ERA

AS ILLUSTRATED IN
THE CAREER OF
SIR RUTHERFORD ALCOCK, K.C.B., D.C.L.
MANY YEARS CONSUL AND MINISTER IN
CHINA AND JAPAN

BY
ALEXANDER MICHIE

AUTHOR OF
'THE SIBERIAN OVERLAND ROUTE,' 'MISSIONARIES
IN CHINA,' ETC.

VOL. II.

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS
EDINBURGH AND LONDON
MDCCCC

CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.

CHAP. PAGE

XIX. JAPAN--

I. THE TREATIES AND THEIR NEGOTIATORS 1

II. THE OPERATION OF THE TREATIES 12

III. ASSASSINATION PERIOD, 1860-61 34

IV. NEGOTIATIONS AND RENEWED ASSASSINATIONS,
1862-64 44

V. THE TYCOON'S DILEMMA 60

VI. THE CRISIS 75

VII. THE BIRTH OF NEW JAPAN 92

VIII. THE DIPLOMATIC BODY--TSUSHIMA 104

IX. TRADE AND TRADERS 115

XX. SIR RUTHERFORD ALCOCK IN PEKING, 1865-1869--

I. THE BRITISH LEGATION 130

II. FOREIGN LIFE IN PEKING 138

III. THE FOREIGN CUSTOMS UNDER THE PEKING CONVENTION 156

IV. EMIGRATION 168

V. KOREA 175

XXI. THE REVISION OF THE TREATY--

I. PREPARATION 180

II. THE BURLINGAME MISSION 192

III. CHINESE OUTRAGES--YANGCHOW AND FORMOSA 198

IV. REVISION NEGOTIATIONS AND CONCLUSION 210

XXII. MISSIONARY PROBLEM--TIENTSIN MASSACRE OF 1870 223

XXIII. THE EXPANSION OF INTERCOURSE--

I. RUSSIA AND FRANCE ADVANCING 250

II. JAPAN AGGRESSIVE 255

III. KOREA OPENED 256

IV. THE FIRST IMPERIAL AUDIENCE--SUCCESSION OF
KWANGHSU 260

XXIV. THE MURDER OF MR MARGARY, 1875--CHEFOO CONVENTION,
1876--RATIFICATION, 1885--

I. THE MURDER OF MR MARGARY, 1875 265

II. CHEFOO CONVENTION, 1876 275

III. THE RATIFICATION, 1885 282

XXV. A CHAIN OF INCIDENTS--

I. DISPUTE WITH RUSSIA RE KULDJA 290

II. KOREAN IMBROGLIO, 1882-85 293

III. THE PORT HAMILTON EPISODE, 1885-87 303

IV. TIBET 305

V. THE CRUISE OF THE SEVENTH PRINCE, 1886 312

VI. THE EMPEROR ASSUMES THE GOVERNMENT, 1889 318

VII. THE VISIT OF THE CZAREVITCH, 1891 321

XXVI. THE TONGKING QUARREL 324

XXVII. THE FRENCH PROTECTORATE OF CHRISTIANS 336

XXVIII. BRITISH SERVICES: DIPLOMATIC, CONSULAR, AND
JUDICIAL 353

XXIX. CHINA AND HER RULERS 368

XXX. CHINA'S AWAKENING 388

XXXI. THE COLLAPSE 403

XXXII. THE RESETTLEMENT OF THE FAR EAST 417

XXXIII. THE OUTCOME--

I. THE SITUATION IN PEKING 435

II. THE CHRONIC CAUSE 440

III. IMMEDIATE PROVOCATION 447

IV. THE DYNASTIC FACTOR 455

V. THE CHINESE OUTBREAK 461

VI. THE CRUX 464

XXXIV. SIR RUTHERFORD ALCOCK'S LATER YEARS 476

INDEX 490

ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE SECOND VOLUME.

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SIR RUTHERFORD ALCOCK _Frontispiece_

LORD ELGIN 6

PRINCE KUNG 134

WÊNSIANG 136

MANCHU (TARTAR) WOMEN 138

MANCHU WOMEN 140

CHINESE WOMEN 142

CHINESE STREET SCENE DURING RAINY SEASON 144

LI HUNG-CHANG AT THE AGE OF FIFTY 184

RUINS OF FRENCH CATHEDRAL AT TIENTSIN, BURNED
JUNE 20, 1870 240

PEI-T'ANG CATHEDRAL IN PEKING, PURCHASED BY CHINESE
GOVERNMENT 340

MINISTERS OF THE YAMÊN OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS: H.E. SHÊN
KUEI-FÊN; H.E. TUNG HSÜN; H.E. MAO CHANG-TSI 416

MAPS.

BAY OF YEDO 4

MAP OF EASTERN ASIA _At end_

In the contents under Chapter XIX. the date of Commodore Perry's expedition is by a misprint given as 1883-84 instead of 1853-54.

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