reactionary clique and, 174
  type of the Manchu woman, 276
England takes lease of Wei-hai-wei, 174
Eunuchism, 112, 297
Examinations, system of civil service, instituted by the Hans, 109
  continued for twelve centuries, 121
  details of, 122-124
  developed under the T’angs, 121
  reforms in, 213
Exclusion laws, the, Chinese resentment of, 253
  most feasible way to deal with, 255
  President Roosevelt on, 251

Factories, the, at Canton, 150,152
Favier, Bishop, defends his people in the French Cathedral, Peking, 176
Fishing, queer methods of, 19
Five dynasties, the, factions contending for the succession on the fall
  of the house of T’ang, 126
  the later Liang, T’ang, Ts’in, Han, and Chou are united after fifty-three
  years in the Sung dynasty, 126-127
Foochow (Fuchau), on the River Min, 15
  fine wall and “bridge of ten thousand years,” 16
  Kushan, its sacred mountain, 15
  Manchu colony, 16
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Formosa, Island of, colonised by people of Fukien, 14
France takes lease of Kwang-chou-wan, 174
France, war with, 169
  allowed to retain Tong-king, 170
  French seize Formosa, 170
Fraser, Consul, and Viceroy Chang in the Boxer War, 227
Fuchau (Foochow), province of Fukien, 15
  large and prosperous missions in, 16
Fuhi, mythical ruler, teaches his people to rear domestic animals, 72
Fukien (Fuhkien), province of, 14-16
  derivation of name, 15
  dialect, 14
  inhabitants bold navigators, 14
Fungshui, a false science, 202
Fungtao, inventor of printing, 116

Gabet and Huc, French missionaries, reach Lhasa in Tibet, 63
Gama, da, voyage to India, 136
Gaselee, General, and his contingent relieve the British Legation,
  Peking, 177
Genghis Khan, splendour of his court eclipsed by that of his grandson,
  Kublai Khan, 131
Gods, the numerous, of the Chinese, 82
  worship of many of them referred to the Shang dynasty, 82
Gordon, General, victorious over the Tai-pings, 161
Grand Canal, journey down from Tsi-ning, 31
  as useful to-day as six hundred years ago, 31
  constructed by Kublai Khan, 31-32
  its object, 32
Grand Lama, the Buddhist pope, 62, 109
Great Wall, the, origin of, 4
  an effete relic, 31
  built by Ts’in, 101
  its construction overthrows house of its builder, 32
Gunpowder, early known to the Chinese, but not used with cannon, 115
  spoken of by Arabs as “Chinese snow,” 115

Han dynasty, founded by Liu-pang, 105
  annals, 105-111
  civil service examinations inaugurated, 109
  marked advance in belles-lettres, 109
Hangchow, capital of Cheh-kiang province, its streets first trodden
  by white men in 1855, 22
  its “bore”, 24
  its magnificent West Lake, 22
  “The Japanese are coming,” 23
Hanlin Academy, contest before the Emperor for seats in, 123