Demetrius Charles Boulger

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PREFACE
CHAPTER I. THE EARLY AGES
CHAPTER II. THE FIRST NATIONAL DYNASTY
CHAPTER III. A LONG PERIOD OF DISUNION
CHAPTER IV. THE SUNGS AND THE KINS
CHAPTER V. THE MONGOL CONQUEST OF CHINA
CHAPTER VI. KUBLAI AND THE MONGOL DYNASTY
CHAPTER VII. THE MING DYNASTY
CHAPTER VIII. THE DECLINE OF THE MINGS
CHAPTER IX. THE MANCHU CONQUEST OF CHINA
CHAPTER X. THE FIRST MANCHU RULER
CHAPTER XI. THE EMPEROR KANGHI
CHAPTER XII. A SHORT REIGN AND THE BEGINNING OF A LONG ONE
CHAPTER XIII. KEEN LUNG'S WARS AND CONQUESTS
CHAPTER XIV. THE COMMENCEMENT OF EUROPEAN INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER XV. THE DECLINE OF THE MANCHUS
CHAPTER XVI. THE EMPEROR TAOUKWANG
CHAPTER XVII. THE FIRST FOREIGN WAR
CHAPTER XVIII. TAOUKWANG AND HIS SUCCESSOR
CHAPTER XIX. THE SECOND FOREIGN WAR
CHAPTER XX. THE TAEPING REBELLION
CHAPTER XXI. THE REGENCY
CHAPTER XXII. THE REIGN OF KWANGSU

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I DEDICATE THIS SHORT HISTORY OF CHINA TO SIR HALLIDAY MACARTNEY, K.C.M.G. AS A SLIGHT TRIBUTE OF PERSONAL RESPECT AND ADMIRATION FOR ONE WHO HAS MAINTAINED THE RIGHT OF CHINA TO BE TREATED BY THE GOVERNMENTS OF EUROPE WITH THE DIGNITY AND CONSIDERATION THAT BECOME A GREAT EMPIRE.

IF TO LORD MACARTNEY WE OWE THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN AUDIENCE OF THE EMPEROR OF CHINA ON THE SAME CONDITIONS AS THOSE ON WHICH FOREIGN AMBASSADORS ARE RECEIVED AT EUROPEAN COURTS, TO SIR HALLIDAY MACARTNEY A SCION OF THE SAME FAMILY CHINA OWES MUCH OF THE SUCCESS THAT HAS ATTENDED HER DIPLOMACY IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES