CHANG HSI AND THE TREATY OF NANKING
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
A.CHANG HSI, AUTHOR OF THE DIARY, FU-I JIH-CHI
AND THE BACKGROUND OF THE SITUATION IN
B.THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE DIARY AND ITS
OUTSTANDING POINTS
CHAPTER 2 ANNOTATED TRANSLATION OF THE FU-I JIH
CHI
APPENDIX A CHRONOLOGY OF THE NEGOTIATIONS OF
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
NOTES
NEW LIGHT ON THE HISTORY OF THE TAIPING REBELLION
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
I.HISTORY OF THE STUDY OF THE TAIPING REBELLION
II.A GENERAL REVIEW OF THE WORKS OF THE TAIPING
HISTORIANS
1.CHIEN YU-WEN
2.HSIEH HSING-YAO
3.LO ERH-KANG
4.KUO T'ING
5.P'ENG TSE
6.HSIAO I-SHAN
7.OTHER HISTORIANS' WORK ON THE PERIOD
8.JAPANESE WORKS
9.ENGLISH SOURCES
10.FRENCH AND GERMAN SOURCES
11.RUSSIAN SOURCE
Ⅲ.NEW LIGHT ON A FEW KNOTTY PROBLEMS
1.THE PROBLEM OF HUNG TA-CH'üAN
2.THE PROBLEM OF TAIPING CONNECTIONS WITH SECRET
SOCIETIES
3.THE PROBLEM OF CH'IEN CHIANG AND WANG T'AO
Ⅳ.THE NATURE, CAUSES, AND EARLY HISTORY OF THE
REBELLION
1.ITS NATURE AND SIGNIFICANCE
2.THE CAUSES OF THE TAIPING REBELLION
3.THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE TAIPING REBELLION
V.NEW LIGHT ON THE MILITARY DEVELOPMENT
1.THE VICTORIOUS PERIOD FROM 1851 TO
2.REASONS FOR THE VICTORIES
3.THE DECLINING PERIOD, 1856
4.REASONS FOR THE FAILURE OF THE TAIPINGS
Ⅵ.NEW LIGHT ON THE TAIPING RELIGION AND CALENDAR
1.THE TAIPING RELIGION
2.THE TAIPING CALENDAR
VII.NEW LIGHT ON TAIPING POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SYSTEMS
1.POLITICAL SYSTEM
2.ECONOMIC SYSTEM
3.THE POSITION OF WOMEN