China; Chinese -- United States -- Education; Education -- China; Yung, Wing, 1828-1912
Exploitation of Chinese by officials, one cause of Taiping rebellion, 119.
Extra-territorial basis, Foreign settlement on, 72.
Feudatory period, 113.
Fitchburg, Mass., supplies first American machinery to China, 53;
_see also_ Machinery.
_Florence_, sailing ship, 62.
Formosa, Island of, plan to mortgage (_1894_), 225, 244;
visited by Yung Wing, 242.
Frelinghuysen, T. F., protest against breaking up of
Chinese Educational Commission, 211.
_Friend of China_, Shanghai local paper, 76.
Fuhkien, province, Dialect of, 53.
Gatling gun introduced into China, 191.
German government claims monopoly of railroads in Shan Tung, 237.
Gillespie, Capt., of ship _Huntress_, 21.
Good Hope, Cape of, 21, 33, 43.
Goodhue and Co., Messrs., 42.
Graft, System of, between interpreters and Chinese shippers, 63;
as practiced by Shing Sun Whei, 235;
responsible for corruption in China, 236;
_see also_ Bribery.
Grand Canal, China, 79, 100.
Gutzlaff, Mrs., starts school, in Macao, 1, 7;
Yung Wing’s first impression of, 3;
leaves China for U. S., 8;
plans for Yung Wing’s education, 11;
_also_ 59, 107.
Gutzlaff, Rev. Charles, missionary to China, 1.
Hadley, Prof. James, 188.
Ham Ha Lan, headquarters of Rev. Mr. Vrooman, 52.
Hammond, Rev. Charles, principal of Monson Academy, 27;
graduate of Yale, 27, 30;
literary tastes, 30;
likened to Dr. Arnold of Rugby, 31;
_also_ 34, 36.
Han Yang, port of Hankau, 55;
destroyed by Taiping rebels, 91.
Hangchau, capital of Chêhkiang, 80;
historic fame, 81;
_also_ 83, 85.
Hankau, river port, destroyed by Taiping rebels, 91;
present-day conditions, 91;
_also_ 90.
Hanlin, Chinese degree of LL.D., 146.
Hanlin College, 200.
Hart, Sir Robert, inspector-general of customs in London (_1894_), 225;
refuses loan to China for prosecuting war with Japan (_1894-’95_) 226;
_also_ 229.
Hartford, Conn., headquarters for Chinese Educational
Commission (_1873-’75_), 189;
_see also_ Chinese Educational Commission.
Haskins, John, American mechanical engineer, 155.
Ho Yung, Hupeh province, 88, 89.
Hobson, Dr. Benjamin, employs Yung Wing in hospital, 11.
Hong Kong, Island of, ceded to British government, 15;
its harbor, 15;
British colony is opposed to Yung Wing, 60;
ordinance passed admitting Chinese to practice law in, 61;
_also_ 43.
_Hong Kong China Mail_, 20.
Horn, Cape, 47.
Hung Jin, called Kan Wong, _which see_.
Hung Siu Chune, leader of Taiping rebellion, 101, 116;
views of Christianity, 101;
called Tien Wong, or “Celestial Sovereign,” 108;
knowledge of Christianity from missionaries, 114;
failure to pass examination and resulting mental hallucination, 116;
worshipped as Supreme Ruler, 117;
Chinese government resorts to persecution to quell fanaticism, 118.
_Huntress_, sailing ship, 20, 21, 43.
Hwui Chow, mountain range, 81.
_Ida de Rogers_, sailing ship, incidents of voyage from
San Francisco to Yokohama (_1865_), 161.
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