Publisher's Synopsis
A serious and valuable account of the Chinese court, covering the Ming and Manchu dynasties with such chapter titles as: A Chinese Haroun Al Raschid An Infamous Eunuch Li Tzu-Ch'eng's Rebellion and the Fall of Peking Wu San-Kuei The Manchu Dynasty Established The Mings at Nanking The Sack of Yang Chou-Fu The Last of The Mings Emperor Shun Chih K'ang Hsi as a Father Tribulations of Yung Cheng Yung Cheng Dispenses Justice His Majesty Chi'ien Lung Downfall of Ho Shen Chia Ch'ing: The Beginning of The End Tao Kukang. The Impact of the West Hsien Feng and T'ung Chih: The Facile Descent Sorrows of His Majesty Kuang Hsu Memoirs of the Boxer Year (1900) Concerning the Old Buddha The Court Under the Last Regency Conclusion Index
