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1The Late Ming1

1.1 AND1

1.2 TWO ACCOUNTS OF THE SUZHOU RIOT, 16011

1.1 Shen Zan's Account2

1.2 Wen Bing's Account3

1.3 AND4

1.4 A MING OFFICIAL ON THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE DYNASTY4

1.3 The Trend of the World5

1.4 On the Management of the Salt Gabelle5

1.5 BROADSHEET FROM LI ZICHENG7

1.6 EVALUATION OF LI ZICHENG AND ZHANG XIANZHONG7

1.7-1.9 THREE ACCOUNTS OF ZHANG XIANZHONG8

1.7 The Career of Zhang Xianzhong9

1.8 A Colorful Early Qing Biography of the Bandit Leader Zhang Xianzhong12

1.9 Edict of the Bandit Zhang Xianzhong14

1.10 SONG MAOCHENG: THE TALE OF THE UNGRATEFUL LOVER14

2The Manchu Conquest21

2.1 NURHACI'S SEVEN GRIEVANCES21

2.2 AND23

2.3 EXCHANGE OF LETTERS BETWEEN WU SANGUI AND DORGON23

2.2 A Letter from Wu Sangui to Dorgon Sent from Shanhaiguan, Renshen Day, 4th Moon,164425

2.3 Dorgon's Reply to Wu Sangui Sent from Xilatala, Guiyu Day, 4th Moon, 164426

2.4 A LETTER FROM DORGON TO THE MING LOYALIST SHI KEFA, 6TH MOON, 164427

2.5 DORGON'S EDICT: A BROADSHEET FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE SOUTHERN MING,164530

2.6 EDICT FROM DODO （PRINCE YU） FOLLOWING THE YANGZHOU MASSACRE, 164531

2.7 AND32

2.8 TWO EDICTS CONCERNING THE WEARING OF THE HAIR UNDER MANCHU RULE32

2.7 Regent Dorgon's Edict to the Board of War33

2.8 Imperial Edict to the Board of Rites33

2.9 THE SIEGE OF JIANGYIN, 164534

2.10 THE JINTAN SLAVE RIOTS, 164439

3Kangxi's Consolidation45

3.1 WU SANGUI ON THE EXECUTION OF THE PRINCE OF GUI45

3.2 SHI LANG'S MEMORIAL ON THE CAPTURE OF TAIWAN48

3.3 THE TREATY OF NERCHINSK, 168951

3.4 FANG BAO'S “RANDOM NOTES FROM PRISON,” 171154

3.5 KANGXI'S VALEDICTORY EDICT, 171758

4Yongzheng's Authority65

4.1 AND65

4.2 KANGXI'S SACRED EDICT AND WANG YUPU AND YONGZHENG'S AMPLIFICATION65

4.1 The Sacred Edict of the Kangxi Emperor, 167066

4.2 Wang Yupu and Yongzheng's Amplification of Kangxi's Sacred Edict, 172466

4.3 YONGZHENG'S EDICT ON CHANGING THE STATUS OF THE MEAN PEOPLE69

5Chinese Society and the Reign of Qianlong71

5.1 WU JINGZI: FROM THE SCHOLARS （RULIN WASHI） （FAN JIN PASSES THE JUREN EXAMINATION）71

5.2 A MURDER CASE FROM THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE FOR THE SCRUTINY OF PUNISHMENTS,1747-174881

5.3 GLORIFYING THE ORIGINS OF THE MANCHUS, FROM AN ACCOUNT IN THE STATE ARCHIVE85

5.4 AND86

5.5 HESHEN: ACCUSATION AND INVENTORY86

5.4 The Twenty Crimes of Heshen87

5.5 An Inventory of the Household Property Confiscated from the Home of Heshen89

6China and the Eighteenth-Century World92

6.1 LORD MACARTNEY'S COMMISSION FROM HENRY DUNDAS,179292

6.2 MACARTNEY'S AUDIENCE WITH QIANLONG98

6.3 MACARTNEY'S DESCRIPTION OF CHINA'S GOVERNMENT100

6.4 AND103

6.5 QIANLONG'S REJECTION OF MACARTNEY'S DEMANDS: TWO EDICTS103

6.4 The First Edict,September 1793104

6.5 The Second Edict, September 1793106

7The First Clash with the West110

7.1-7.4 MEMORIALS, EDICTS, AND LAWS ON OPIUM110

7.1 Memorial on Legalizing Opium, June 10, 1836111

7.2 Memorial on Banning Opium, October 1836114

7.3 Imperial Edict,September 1836119

7.4 Annexed Lauws on Banning Opium, July1839120

7.5 LORD PALMERSTON'S DECLARATION OF WAR,FEBRUARY 20, 1840123

8The Crisis Within128

8.1 QIAN YONG ON POPULAR RELIGION, 1838128

8.2 THE CONVERSION OF LIANG FA: GOOD WORKS TO EXHORT THE AGE,1832132

8.3 EXECUTIONS OF TAIPING REBELS AT CANTON,1851136

8.4 AND139

8.5 PRECEPTS AND ODES PUBLISHED BY HONG XIUQUAN IN 1852 AND 1853: “THE TEN COMMANDMENTS” AND “THE ODE FOR YOUTH”139

8.4 The Ten Commandments140

8.5 Taiping Religious Verses （from “The Ode for Youth”）143

8.6 ZENG GUOFAN: A PROCLAMATION AGAINST THE BANDITS OF GUANGDONG AND GUANGXI, 1854146

9Restoration through Reform150

9.1 AND150

9.2 YUNG WING ADVISES THE TAIPING AND ZENG GUOFAN150

9.1 Yung Wing: Policy Proposals to the Taiping,1859151

9.2 Yung Wing: Interview with Zeng Guofan, 1863151

9.3 PRINCE GONG ON THE TONGWEN COLLEGE: THREE MEMORIALS,1861, 1865, 1866154

9.4 ZONGLI YAMEN DOCUMENT ON THE UNEQUAL TREATIES, 1878157

9.5 ZHANG ZHIDONG'S MEMORIAL ON THE ILI CRISIS, 1880159

9.6 AND163

9.7 THE BURLINGAME TREATY AND THE UNITED STATES EXCLUSION ACT163

9.6 The Burlingame Treaty, 1868163

9.7 The Exclusion Act, May 6, 1882164

9.8 CHINESE ANTI -FOREIGNISM, 1892166

10New Tensions in the Late Qing168

10.1 SUN YAT-SEN'S REFORM PROPOSAL TO LI HONGZHANG,1893168

10.2 LI HONGZHANG NEGOTIATES WITH JAPAN,1895172

10.3 SINO-RUSSIAN RAILWAY AGREEMENTS,1896177

10.4 ZHANG ZHIDONG ON THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, 1898181

10.5 AND184

10.6 BOXER MEMOIRS: ORAL ACCOUNTS OF THE BOXER REBELLION184

10.5 Several Accounts of “The Shining Red Lantern”185

10.6 Four Accounts of the Fate of Miss Han （Han Guniang）187

11The End of the Dynasty190

11.1 WU TINGFANG ON CHINA'S PROGRESS, 1908190

11.2 FENG YUXIANG: FROM MY LIFE194

11.3 ZOU RONG ON REVOLUTION, 1903197

11.4 TONGMENG HUI REVOLUTIONARY PROCLAMATION, 1907202

11.5 PRESS COVERAGE OF THE WUCHANG UPRISING, 1911206

11.6 THE MANCHU ABDICATION EDICT209

12The New Republic214

12.1 AND214

12.2 YUAN SHIKAI: TWO DOCUMENTS214

12.1 Poem to the Soldiers214

12.2 Yuan Pledges Allegiance to the Republic,February 12, 1912216

12.3 JAPAN'S TWENTY-ONE DEMANDS,1915216

12.4 THE RESTORATION OF 1917, FROM PUYI'S MEMOIR220

12.5-12.7 THREE SOLDIERS227

12.5 Cai Tingkai：Reading the Newspaper, 1916227

12.6 Feng Yuxiang: Praising the Lord228

12.7 Zhang Zongchang: With Pleasure Rife230

13“A Road Is Made”233

13.1 AND233

13.2 QING FEMALE CHASTITY233

13.1 Lu Yihan,Two Biographies234

13.2 Lu Xun, “My Views On Chastity,”1918235

13.3 LI DAZHAO: THE VICTORY OF BOLSHEVISM，1918238

13.4 AND241

13.5 TWO LETTERS ON THE WORK-STUDY PROGRAM IN FRANCE241

13.4 Mao Zedong: Letter from Peking，1920242

13.5 Cai Hesen: Letter from France, 1920244

13.6 AND246

13.7 THE NORTH CHINA FAMINE, 1920-1921246

13.6 Report on the North China Famine, 1922247

13.7 Henry C.Fenn: “Notes on Field Work in the Distribution of Grain Tickets in Shundeh Fu”250

14The Fractured Alliance252

14.1 SUN YAT-SEN OPENS THE WHAMPOA ACADEMY, 1924252

14.2 A.I. CHEREPANOV ON LIFE IN WHAMPOA255

14.3-14.5 REACTIONS TO THE MAY THIRTIETH INCIDENT257

14.3 Peking Professors on the Shameen Massacre258

14.4 British Consul J.W.Jamieson on the Shameen Massacre259

14.5 The President of Guangzhou University on the Shameen Massacre261

14.6-14.8 PURGING THE CCP: THREE DOCUMENTS263

14.6 Official Statement by the Guomindang, April1927263

14.7 “Purge the Party” Slogans for the Chinese People, May1927264

14.8 A Proclamation, Headquarters of the Twenty-sixth Nationalist Army, April 22, 1927265

14.9 MADAME SUN YAT-SEN DEFENDS THE LEFT, AUGUST 1927266

15The Guomindang in Power270

15.1 AND270

15.2 LAW IN THE NANJING DECADE270

15.1 Hu Shi Appeals for Legal Rights, 1929271

15.2 Guomindang “Emergency Laws,” 1931275

15.3-15.5 THE MUKDEN INCIDENT AND MANCHUKUO277

15.3 Japan on the Mukden Incident279

15.4 Japan's Expansion: A Satirical Poem281

15.5 Puyi's Proclamation282

15.6 JAPAN DEFENDED AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 1934283

15.7 POLITICS OF POWER: GENERAL VON FALKENHAUSEN'S ADVICE TO CHIANG KAI-SHEK, 1936286

16Communist Survival290

16.1 COMMUNIST SURVIVAL: THE TALE OF THE LUDING BRIDGE,1935290

16.2-16.4 THREE ACCOUNTS OF THE NEW LIFE MOVEMENT294

16.2 Mme.Chiang on the New Life movement,1935295

16.3 “New Life” in Brief298

16.4 “New Life” for the Reds301

16.5 THE STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE, DECEMBER 16,1935304

16.6 AND309

16.7 XI'AN 1936: THE GENERALS'DEMANDS AND CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S REPLY309

16.6 Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng's Eight-Point Program310

16.7 Chiang Kai-shek's Admonition to Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng311

17World War Ⅱ314

17.1 AND314

17.2 JAPAN AT WAR314

17.1 Prince Konoe's Address,September 1937315

17.2 The Japanese Ambassador Explains,1937316

17.3 CHIANG REPLIES, 1938319

17.4 AND324

17.5 THE RAPE OF NANJING324

17.4 Bearing Witness325

17.5 The Nanjing “Murder Race”329

17.6 WANG JINGWEI: ON COLLABORATION, 1941330

17.7 LIU SHAOQI: HOW TO BE A GOOD COMMUNIST, 1939333

18The Fall of the Guomindang State336

18.1 WEN YIDUO: THE POET'S FAREWELL, 1946336

18.2 GENERAL MARSHALL: THE MEDIATOR'S VIEW, 1947338

18.3 CHIANG STEPS DOWN342

18.4-18.5 MAO TAKES CHARGE344

18.4 The Army Advances345

18.5 Takeover Details347

18.6 DEMOCRATIC DICTATORSHIP350

19The Birth of the People's Republic358

19.1 TREATY WITH THE SOVIET UNION, FEBRUARY 1950358

19.2 NEW LAWS: MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE, MAY 1950360

19.3 DING LING'S FICTION: THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE366

19.4 HU SIDU AND HU SHI: THE SON AND THE FATHER373

19.5 CHIANG KAI-SHEK: BACK TO THE MAINLAND, OCTOBER 1954376

20Planning the New Society381

20.1 AND381

20.2 A-BOMBS AND PAPER TIGERS381

20.1 MaoZedong: “The Chinese People Cannot Be Cowed by the Atom Bomb,” January28, 1955382

20.2 Mao Zedong: “U.S.Imperialism Is a Paper Tiger,”July 14, 1956382

20.3 LU DINGYI: THE HUNDRED FLOWERS CAMPAIGN, MAY 1956385

20.4 PROFESSORS SPEAK OUT, JUNE10, 1957392

20.5 DENG XIAOPING: THE ANTIRIGHTIST CAMPAIGN, SEPTEMBER 23, 1957396

21Deepening the Revolution400

21.1-21.3 THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD AND THE SINO-SOVIET SPLIT400

21.1 Chen Boda: “Under the Banner of Comrade Mao Zedong,”July 16, 1958401

21.2 Yin Zeming: “The Strength of the Masses Is Limitless,” 1958404

21.3 “Hold High the Red Flag of People's Communes and March On,” September 3, 1958407

21.4 “DECISION APPROVING COMRADE MAO ZEDONG'S PROPOSAL TO STEP DOWN,” DECEMBER 10, 1958411

21.5 “THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CPSU AND OURSELVES,” SEPTEMBER 6, 1963413

22The Cultural Revolution417

22.1 LIFE AND DEATH OF LEI FENG, AN ADMIRABLE “FOOL”417

22.2 LIN BIAO: LONG LIVE THE VICTORY OF PEOPLE'S WAR!” SEPTEMBER 1965421

22.3-22.5 THE FUTURE DIRECTION OF THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION424

22.3 Mao Zedong's Big-character Poster: “Bombard the Headquarters”426

22.4 Mao Zedong:The Sixteen-Point Decision426

22.5 Deng Xiaoping: Self-Criticism430

22.6 AND432

22.7 LIN BIAO'S FALL432

22.6 Official Explanation of Lin's Death433

22.7 Discarding Lin's Works434

23Reopening the Doors435

23.1 AND435

23.2 RAPPROCHEMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY435

23.1 The Shanghai Communique436

23.2 Deng Xiaoping: Speech at the United Nations,April 10, 1974440

23.3 CENTRAL COMMITTEE “OBITUARY” ON THE DEATH OF MAO ZEDONG, OCTOBER 1976443

24Redefining Revolution447

24.1 DENG XIAOPING: “EMANCIPATE THE MIND, SEEK TRUTH FROM FACTS AND UNITE AS ONE IN LOOKING TO THE FUTURE,” DECEMBER13, 1978447

24.2 HE SHIGUANG: “ON A VILLAGE MARKETSTREET,” AUGUST 1980452

24.3 YE WENFU: “GENERAL, YOU MUST NOT DO THIS!” 1979457

25Levels of Power460

25.1 SPEECH BY HAN NIANLONG，APRIL 26, 1979460

25.2 THE BACKGROUND TO BITTER LOVE, APRIL 1981464

25.3 AND467

25.4 DENG LIQUN ON PROPAGANDA467

25.3 Deng Liqun on Clearing Cultural Contamination, October 28, 1983468

25.4 Deng Liqun on the Scope of Spiritual Pollution, December 7, 1983469

25.5 LIU BINYAN: A CASE OF PERSECUTION IN XI'AN IN DISREGARD OF CENTRAL INSTRUCTIONS, AUGUST 25, 1984470

25.6 THE JOINT AGREEMENT BY BRITAIN AND CHINA DEFINING THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG, SEPTEMBER 26, 1984476

25.7-25.9 FANG LIZHI AND THE PARTY481

25.7 Fang Lizhi's Interview with Tiziano Terzani,1987482

25.8 On Fang Lizhi's Expulsion, January 20,1987485

25.9 Explanation of Fang Lizhi's Errors, January 21,1987485

26Testing the Limits487

26.1 AND487

26.2 STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HU YAOBANG487

26.1 People's Daily: “We Must Unequivocally Oppose Unrest,” April 26, 1989488

26.2 China News Agency: Report on the Peking Student Demonstration490

26.3 “OPEN DECLARATION OF A HUNGER STRIKE,” MAY 1989493

26.4 LI PENG'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF MARTIAL LAW, MAY 20, 1989495

26.5 DENG XIAOPING'S EXPLANATION OF THE CRACKDOWN, JUNE9, 1989500

27Century's End507

27.1 DALAI LAMA AND “AHIMSA” FOR TIBET: THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LECTURE, DECEMBER 10, 1989507

27.2 WEI JINGSHENG: “THE WOLF AND THE LAMB,” NOVEMBER 18, 1993512

27.3 PRESIDENT CLINTON REEVALUATES HUMAN RIGHTS AS ELEMENT OF CHINA POLICY,MAY 27, 1994514

27.4 JIANG ZEMIN'S NEW YEAR'S GREETING TO TAIWAN COMPATRIOTS, JANUARY 31, 1995516

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