China Under the Empress Dowager: Being the History of the Life and Times of Tzŭ HsiW. Heinemann, 1910 - 525 pages |
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Page 204 - The nation is now passing through a crisis, and wise guidance is needed in all branches of the public service. WE ourselves have laboured diligently, night and day, to perform OUR innumerable duties, but in spite of all OUR anxious energy and care WE are in constant fear lest delay should be the undoing of the country. WE now respectfully recall the fact that Her Imperial Majesty the Empress Dowager has on two occasions since the beginning of the reign of HM T'ung-Chih, performed the functions of...
Page 301 - COURT. thing so foolish. Already the foreign brigands are looting in other quarters of the city, but they will never find my hidden treasure, and I shall just remain here, old and feeble as I am. My son, En Ch'u, has disappeared since yesterday, and nearly all my servants have fled. There is no one to prepare my evening meal.
Page 403 - The departure of the Court by a special train, long since prepared for its reception by the Belgian railway authorities and Sheng Hsiian-huai, was fixed for 9.30 am in accordance with Her Majesty's orders ; that Imperial and imperious lady, however, made her appearance at the station at seven o'clock, accompanied by the young Empress, the Imperial concubine, and the ladies-in-waiting. The Emperor had preceded her, and upon her arrival knelt on the platform to perform respectful obeisance, in the...
Page 284 - Shansi. Ten days ago she had sent him a secret Decree, saying: "Slay all foreigners wheresoever you find them; even though they be prepared to leave your province, yet must they be slain." It seems that the Old Buddha ordered that this Decree should be sent to every high provincial official in the Empire, but it is now reported that Tuan Fang, the acting governor of...
Page 274 - Even the divine wisdom of Her Majesty is not sufficient to stand against the will of the majority. If Heaven is not on our side how can I oppose its will? For several days past I have been pondering night and day on some way out of our difficulties, some forlorn hope of escape. Therefore yesterday morning (June 20th) I arranged for a meeting with the foreign Ministers at the Tsung-li Yamen, with a view to providing a safe-conduct for the entire foreign community, with my own troops, to Tientsin....
Page 386 - I would rejoice were it possible for China to enter upon a glorious and triumphant war ; it would be the joy of my closing days to see the barbarian nations subjugated at last in submissive allegiance, respectfully making obeisance to the Dragon Throne. Unfortunately, however, I cannot but recognise the melancholy fact that China is unequal to any such enterprise, and that our forces are in no way competent to undertake it. Looking at the question as one affecting chiefly the integrity of our Empire,...
Page 183 - We now issue this special Decree so that all our subjects, from the Imperial family downwards, may hereafter exert themselves in the cause of reform. The basis of education will continue to rest on the canons of the Sages, but at the same time there must be careful investigation of every branch of European learning...
Page 296 - ... minion down the well!' At this the Emperor, who was greatly grieved, fell on his knees in supplication, but the Empress angrily bade him desist saying that this was no time for bandying words. ''Let her die at once...
Page 329 - To our dismay, on the 16th ultimo, certain fore1gn naval officers from the squadron outside Taku had an interview with the Commandant of the forts, demanding their surrender, and adding that, if their demand were refused, they would take them by force on the following day. The Commandant was naturally unable to betray the trust confided to him, and the foreigners accordingly bombarded the forts and captured them after a vigorous resistance. A state of war has thus been created, but it is none of...
Page 274 - ... overwhelmed with grief and shame. I have received great favours at the hands of the Throne, and can only now pray to the spirits of the Dynastic ancestors to protect our Empire. The situation here is well-nigh lost, but it remains for your Excellencies to take all possible steps for the protection of your respective provinces. Let each do his utmost, and let proper secrecy be maintained.