"The Ming dynasty has, like its predecessors, sunk into the mire of contempt. The Manchus are thundering at the northern portals, but it is to rebellion and intrigue that the China of the Mings succumbs. The last Ming Emperor stands in the San Kwan temple close to the city gates to learn his fate... Then the lots were cast and the short stick fell to the ground... So he went back to the palace and arranged for the death of himself and family. Next day, strangled with his own girdle, the last of the Mings lay dead on the Meishan in the Palace gardens at Peking. When the news reached the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army, he gave the word which let in the Manchus into the heritage of the sons of Han." - Herbert H. Gowen
"To know China and something of its four thousand years of continuous history is to have some touch with the world movements as old as Babylon and as young as the day's newspaper, to have a background on which the history of our own race and of our own land becomes all the more significant and prophetic..." - H.H.G.
Contents: Introductory. The Reign of Shun Chih, 1644-1661. The Reign of Kang Hsi, 1661-1722. The Reign of Yung Cheng, 1722-1736. The Reign of Kien Lung, 1736-1796. The Reign of Kia King, 1796-1820. The Reign of Tao Kwang, 1820-1850. The Tai Ping Rebellion, 1850-1864. The Reign of Hien Feng, 1850-1860. The Reign of Tung Chih, 1861-1875. The Reign of Kwang Hsu, 1875-1898. The Empress Dowager's Third Regency, 1898-1908. The Revolution, 1911-1912. The Chinese Republic.
"The Ming dynasty has, like its predecessors, sunk into the mire of contempt. The Manchus are thundering at the northern portals, but it is to rebellion and intrigue that the China of the Mings succumbs. The last Ming Empero...
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