紫禁城秘史

     CONTENTS
   FOREWORD Qian Xinsheng
   FIRES IN THE PORBIDDEN CITY Er Si
   THE SOUTH PALACE COUP AND EMPEROR JING-
   TAI-S DEATH Wang Tianyoa
   AN EMPEROR BORN IN THE "COLD PALACE"
   ErSi
   A JUNIOR EUNUCH REMONSTRATES WITH HIS
   EMPEROR BY PEIGNING MADNESS
   Peng Erkang
   PALACE MAIDS ATTEMPT TO STRANGLE EM-
   PEROR JIAJING Shang Hongkui
   A QUEEN MOTHER IMPRISONED FOR TWENTY
   YEARS XuQixian
   HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY FALLS OVERBOARD
   WanYi
   THE TYRANNICAL EUNUCH WEI ZHONGXIAN
   Fu Tongqin
   EMPEROR KANGXI ARRESTS A VICIOUS COUN
   CILLOR BY STRATEGY Li Zhiting
   EMPEROR QIANLONG BUILDS A GOLD STUPA
   TO PRESERVE HIS MOTHER'S HAIR
   Liu Guilio
   PALACE MAID BEATEN TO DEATH BY AN IM
   PERIAL CONCUBINE Zuo Buqing
   AN UNPORTUNATE ASSASSIN Zhang Shucai
   THE MURDER OF THE RELIEF FUND) INSPECTOR
   Zhang Mingxin and Li Guilian
   ARMED REBELS STORM THE FORBIDDEN CITY
   Feng Zuozhe and Li Shangying
   THE "VIRTUOUS IMPERIAL CONCUBINE" BEARS
   A SON Liu Guilin
   EMPEROR XIANFENG DIES IN HIS SUMMER RE-
   SORT Rong Shidl
   YANG NAIWU AND "LITTLE CABBAGE" Jin Tin
   BMPRESS DOWAGER CIXI'S TRAIN TRIP TO THE
   WESTERN TOMBS Wu Fei
   MISS CARL PAINTS A PORTRAIT OP EMPRESS
   DOWAGER CIXI Liu Guilin
   THE GRAND COUNCIL SECRETARY STEALS
   GOLD SEAL OP HEAVENLY KING
   Yang Naiji
   EUNUCHS BEATEN UP AT THE MERIDIAN GATE
   Liu Guilin
   EUNUCH TROUBLE-MAKERS Zhong Jin
   THE DEATH OP EMPEROR TONGZHI Xu Yipu
   AN INTRUDER IN THE IMPERIAL PALACE
   Liu Guilin
   THE TRUE CAUSE OP EMPEROR GUANGXU'S
   "SUDDEN DEATH" Zha Jinfu
   Appendix:
   EMPERORS OP THE MING (1368-1644) AND QINO
   (1644-1911) DYNASTIES