Shemonashiki, Treaty of, 244. Sheong Shan, city, 83. Shing Sun Whei, head of Chinese Telegraphic Company, 235; responsible for defeat of National Banking project, 235. Shing Taoti, _see_ Shing Sun Whei. Shortrede, Andrew, 20, 48, 59. Si-Hoo, or West Lake, 80. Siang Tan, city, overland transport trade with Canton, 97. Silk, Yellow, 88, 90, 94. Siu Tsai, degree, 50. Soldiery and the people in time of war, 103. Springfield, Mass., home of Dr. A. S. McClean, 28; Yung Wing’s headquarters (_1872_), 29; center of location for students under Chinese Educational Commission, 189. Students, in preparatory school, Shanghai, 185; first installment under Chinese Educational Commission leave for U. S. (_1872_), 188; distributed through New England, 189; last installment (_1875_), 197; _see also_ Chinese Educational Commission; School. Suchau, captured by Taiping rebels, 97; under martial law, 98. Sung Dynasty, 81. Sung-Kiang route to Suchau, 96. Szechuen Road, Shanghai, 67. Szechwan, province, 84. Ta Tung, non-treaty port, 126. Tael, value of Chinese, 128. Taiping government, conditions under which Yung Wing would join, 109. Taiping Green Tea Expedition (_1860-’61_), 191; _see also_ Tea; Yung Wing. Taiping rebellion (_1850-’65_), religion its vital force, 113; led by Hung Siu Chune, 117; Chinese government resorts to persecution to quell, 118; assumes political character, 118; real causes of, 119; false impressions concerning evangelization of China, 120; first victory, 120; causes of loss of prestige, 121; collapse, 122; indirect results, 122; cost and loss of life, 147; capture of Nanking (_1850_), 164; _also_ 53, 55, 56; _see also_ Taiping rebels. Taiping rebels, capture of Woo Chang (_1856_), 91; and of Suchau, 97; condition of surrounding country, 100; their considerate conduct, 101; Doxology, 99, 102; views of Christianity, 101; and of soldiery, 103; defeated before Nanking (_1860_), 104; statement by Chin regarding their disposition, 105; quantities of green tea held by, 124; _also_ 86, 90; _see also_ Taiping Green Tea Expedition; Rebellions. Taotai, official of fourth rank, 167. Tea, Chinese and Indian compared, 92; drank as thank-offering, 103; quantities held by Taiping rebels, 124; expeditions to purchase, headed by Yung Wing, 125; _also_ 85, 90, 191. Tien Wong, Hung Siu Chune called, 108. Tientsin massacre (_1870_), cause, 177; Chung Hou held responsible for, 178; indemnity, 178; Imperial commissioners, 178; _also_ 268. Ting Yi Tcheang, _see_ Ting Yih Chang. Ting Yih Chang, taotai of Shanghai, 167; sympathy with educational plans of Yung Wing, 170; governor of Kiang Su and Imperial commissioner for settlement of Tsientsin massacre, 179. Tonquin, tributary state, 178. Treaty Powers, 58. Trident, sailing ship, 14. Tsai Sik Yung, secretary to viceroy of Hunan and Hupeh (_1894_), 225.