Great Wall, 4, 31, 32, 101
  interference in Tongking, 62
  interference in Korea, 62
  physiographical features, 4
  reforms in, 196-218
  rivers, 19, 15, 18, 25, 41, 52
  sincerity of reformatory movements, 306
China Merchants’ Steam Navigation Company, 200
Chingtu-fu, capital of the state of Shuh, 113
Chinhai, city at the mouth of the Ningpo, 18
Chosin, Prince of, 196
Chou dynasty, founded by Wen-wang, 84
  annals of, 84-88, 96, 99
  form of government praised by Confucius, 96
  term Chung Kwoh, “Middle Kingdom,” originates in, 85
Chou-sin, brings ruin on the house of Shang, sets fire to his own palace,
  and perishes in the flames, 81
Christians, attitude of Chinese Government towards, 261
  newspapers and the Christian faith, 263
Chu Fu-tse, the philosopher, 128
Chu Hi, the Coryphaeus of Mediaeval China, 128
Chu-koh Liang, a peasant who became minister to Liu Pi, 114-115
Chuang Yuen, Chinese term for senior wrangler; his importance
  and privileges 123
Chungchen, last of the Mings, hangs himself after stabbing his daughter,
  139
Chunghau and the restoration of Ili, 223
  accused by Chang Chi-tung, 224
Chunking, city on the Yangtse, 51
Chusan, Archipelago and Island, 17
Chu Yuen Chang, Father of the Mings, 135
Chwan-siang, exterminates the house of Chou, 99
Confucius, birth and parentage of 89, 90
  account of his education, 90
  describes himself as “editor, not author,” 91
  edits the Five Classics, 92
  Golden Rule the essence of his teaching, 92
  number of his disciples, 90
  passion for music, 91
  search for lost books by Liu-Pang, 106
  tomb of, 30-31
  worshipped by his people, 92-93
  writings burned and disciples persecuted by Shi-hwang-ti, 102-103
Control of Chinese over foreigners throughout Empire, 258
Corvee, myriads of labourers drafted by, for construction of
  the Grand Canal, 32
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Corvino, missionary, 133
  his church at Peking perishes in the overthrow of the Mongols, 137
Cotton produced in all the provinces, 3
Cue, abolition of, requisite to confirm loyalty to Manchus, 278

Degrees, literary, 122-123
Diaz and da Gama, voyage to India, 136
Diplomacy, becomes an art under the Chou dynasty, 97
Diplomatic College, 209
  Dr. Martin president of, 209
“Drinking Alone by Moonlight,” poem by Lipai, 120

Eclectic Commission, the, 197-198
Educational reforms, 210
  the Imperial University, 210
Elgin, Lord, and the Tai-pings, 161, 166
Elliott, Captain Charles, and the Opium War, 154
Empress Dowager, and the Boxer War, 172-174, 179-180
  celebrates her seventieth birthday with great pomp, 274
  convert to the policy of progress, 197
  coup d’etat, 272
  full name, 276
  parentage, 271
  personal description of, 275