Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- PREFACE by HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR HSÜAN-T'UNG
- TRANSLATION OF PREFACE
- Introduction
- I The Reform Movement of 1898
- II The Collapse of the Reform Movement
- III Reaction and the Boxer Movement, 1898–1901
- IV The Last Years of Kuang-Hsü, 1901–1908
- V The Empress-Dowager, T'zŭ-Hsi
- VI The Revolution, 1911
- VII The “Articles of Favourable Treatment” of the Manchu Imperial House
- VIII The Ta Ch'ing and the Hung Hsien Emperors
- IX Chang Hsün and the Restoration of 1917
- X Autobiography of the Old Man of the Pine-Tree (Translated from the Chinese)
- XI The Forbidden City, 1919–1924
- XII The Imperial Tutors
- XIII The Manchu Court in Twilight
- XIV The Imperial Household Department (Nei Wu Fu)
- XV The Dragon Unfledged
- XVI Monarchist Hopes and Dreams
- XVII The Dragon Restless
- XVIII The Dragon Flaps His Wings
- XIX Dragon and Phoenix
- XX Plots and Stratagems
- XXI The Imperial Garden
- XXII The Summer Palace
- XXIII The Fifth of November
- XXIV The Dragon Caged
- XXV The Flight of the Dragon
- Epilogue: The Dragon goes Home
- Pedigree of the Manchu Emperors
- Notes
- Index of Names
- GENERAL INDEX
- Plate section
XXIV - The Dragon Caged
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- PREFACE by HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR HSÜAN-T'UNG
- TRANSLATION OF PREFACE
- Introduction
- I The Reform Movement of 1898
- II The Collapse of the Reform Movement
- III Reaction and the Boxer Movement, 1898–1901
- IV The Last Years of Kuang-Hsü, 1901–1908
- V The Empress-Dowager, T'zŭ-Hsi
- VI The Revolution, 1911
- VII The “Articles of Favourable Treatment” of the Manchu Imperial House
- VIII The Ta Ch'ing and the Hung Hsien Emperors
- IX Chang Hsün and the Restoration of 1917
- X Autobiography of the Old Man of the Pine-Tree (Translated from the Chinese)
- XI The Forbidden City, 1919–1924
- XII The Imperial Tutors
- XIII The Manchu Court in Twilight
- XIV The Imperial Household Department (Nei Wu Fu)
- XV The Dragon Unfledged
- XVI Monarchist Hopes and Dreams
- XVII The Dragon Restless
- XVIII The Dragon Flaps His Wings
- XIX Dragon and Phoenix
- XX Plots and Stratagems
- XXI The Imperial Garden
- XXII The Summer Palace
- XXIII The Fifth of November
- XXIV The Dragon Caged
- XXV The Flight of the Dragon
- Epilogue: The Dragon goes Home
- Pedigree of the Manchu Emperors
- Notes
- Index of Names
- GENERAL INDEX
- Plate section
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- Twilight in the Forbidden City , pp. 397 - 411Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1934