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Han Yu, eminent writer of the eighth century, ridicules the relics of
  Buddha, 107
Hart, Sir Robert, his opportune services in the war with France, 170
  development of the maritime customs, 206-208
  father of the postal system, 206
  many honours of, 207
Hayes, Dr., president of first provincial university in China, 286
Helungkiang, province of Manchuria, 56
Hia dynasty, founded by Ta-Yue, 78
  together with the Shang and Chou dynasties, known as the San Tai
  or San Wang, 78
Hien-feng, Emperor, escapes to Tartary and dies there, 168
Himalayas, a bulwark to China, 4
Hiao Lien, literary degree, now Chu-jin, equivalent to
  A. M., 122
Hiunghu, supposed ancestors of the Huns, 111
Honan province of, 41-44
  agricultural resources, 42
  bridge over the Hwang Ho,41
Hong Kong, “the Gibraltar of the Orient,” ceded to Great Britain, 7
  British make it chief emporium of Eastern seas, 8
  rapid development of, 8
Huc and Gabet, French missionaries, make their way to Lhasa, 63
Hung Siu-tsuen, leader of the Tai-pings, 157
  his aid Yang, 158
  invites his first instructor, Rev. Issachar Roberts, to visit his
  court, 160
  new method of baptism 160
  raises the flag of rebellion in Kwangsi, 157
Huns, supposed ancestors were the Hiunghu, 111
Hupeh, province of, 45-49
  Hankow, Hupeh province, a Shanghai on a smaller scale, 45
  Hanyang, Hupeh province, a busy industrial centre, 46
  Wuchang, capital of Hupeh, 45
Hwai, Prince, regent during minority of Shunchi, 141
  called Amawang by the Manchus, 141
  effects the subjugation of the eighteen provinces, and imposes the
    tonsure and “pigtail,” 141
Hwan, Duke, of western Shan-tung, convokes the States-General nine
  times, 96
Hwang-ti, term for “Emperor,” first used by the builder of the
  Great Wall, 78
Hwei-ti, a ruler of the Han dynasty, 106

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Japan, war with, provoked by China’s interference in Korea, 170
  Japanese expel Chinese from Korea, and take part of Manchuria, 171
  Japan left in possession of Port Arthur and Liao-tung, 171
  Russia is envious and compels her to withdraw, 171
  having defeated Russia unreservedly restores Manchuria to China, 195
Jews, of K’ai-fung-fu, 43
  ancestors of, reach China by way of India, 43
  Shanghai, help their K’ai-fung-fu brethren, 44
Jin-hwang, Tien-hwang, and Ti-hwang, three mythical rulers, 71