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Title: The Long White Mountain : or, A journey in Manchuria; with some account of the history, people, administration and religion of that country
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: James, H. Evan M. (Henry Evan Murchison), Sir, 1846-1923
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Publisher: London : Longmans
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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play werenot wanting, the more so as his widow, the EmpressAh-lu-te, who was pregnant at the time, and who wouldhave been entitled to claim part in the regency, diedshortly afterwards, before the child was born. She wasa lady of unusually attractive qualities, and her un-timely fate will furnish material for Chinese poets inafter-generations. Now for the first time since thedeath of Nurhachu was the succession between fatherand son broken. The late Emperors cousin, Kuang-sti,son of the seventh son of Taokuang, Prince Chun, thesame who had arrested Su-shun, born on August 15,1871, was chosen to succeed. One of the Empress-Eegents, Tzu An, called the Eastern Empress, as shelived in the east part of the palace, died in 1881. Herdemise also excited surprise, for rumour had it thatTzuHsi was the invalid, and remarks as to the difficultyof two suns shining in one firmament were again com-monly heard. The surviving Empress, Tzu Hsi, is,therefore, now sole Eegent. She is fifty-three years of
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A MAXCHU PRINCE—HIS HIGHNESS PRINCE CHUN, FATHER OFHIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OF CHINA. HISTORY 91 age, and clearly a princess of great will and capacity.A recent writer l states that Her Majesty has sufficientforce of character to disregard the trammels of eti-quette when she pleases, holding al fresco court in hergarden, and taking lessons in archery and boxing. In1884, she summarily dismissed Prince Kung for neglectof duty, in erms which would do credit to any ruler inthese days <r modern mealy-mouthedness. Failure inthe French war was the real cause. Five days later afew lines in the Gazette, ordering the Grand Council2always to consult Prince Clrun on matters of greatimportance, announced Prince Kungs successor. PrinceChun, who married the sister of the Empress, is evenmore powerful than his brother. He is head of theAdmiralty Board, another new department. A sharpadministrator he is, as the officials found when he visitedPort Arthur in the spring of 1887, to inspect the fortsa

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