Superstitions of the Chinese, concerning wandering spirits, [21]
Sven Hedin, explorer, [58]
Swatow, Canton province, American Baptists' Mission at, [15]
Szechuen, province of, [50-51]
fratricidal wars under Ming dynasty, [51]
great variety of climate, [51]
Szema Ts'ien, the Herodotus of China, [110]
barbarously treated by his people, [110]
T'ai-kia, successor of Shang-tang, [80]
Tai-ping Rebellion, the, a result of the Opium War, [156]
details of, [157]-[162]
Tai-pings, the, try to establish a new empire, the Tai-ping Tien-kwoh, [158]
commonly called "Chang-mao," long-haired rebels, owing to their rejection of the tonsure and cue, [161]
defeated by Gordon, [161]
descend into the plains of Hunan, pillage three cities, and capture Nanking, massacring its garrison of 25,000 Manchus, [158-159]
go into winter quarters, and, dividing their forces, are cut off in detail, [159]
hold Nanking for ten years, [159]
loose morals and travesty of sacred things horrify Christian world, [161]
missionaries attracted by their profession of Christianity, [160]
queer titles adopted by, [161]
sympathy for their cause by Consul Meadows, [159]
unsuccessfully attempt to drive the Manchus from Peking, [159]
Tai-tsung, second emperor of the T'ang dynasty, [120]
Taiyuan-fu, missionaries murdered at by the governor, [180]