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1、ChinaundertheEmpressDowagerByJ.O.P.Bland&SirEdmundBackhouseISBN-13:978-988-18667-4-5Editioncopyright©2010EarnshawBooks.ChinaUndertheEmpressDowagerwasɹrstpublishedin1910.ThiseditionwithanewforewordisreprintedbyChinaEconomicReviewPublishing(HK)LimitedforEarnsha
2、wBooks,HongKongFirstprintingMarch2010SecondprintingNovember2010Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinmaterialform,byanymeans,whethergraphic,electronic,mechanicalorother,includingphotocopyingorinformationstorage,inwholeorinpart.Maynotbeusedtoprepa
3、reotherpublicationswithoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher.FOREWORDBYDEREKSANDHAUSRARELYhasabookonChinesehistorycapturedthepopularimaginationlikeJ.O.PBlandandEdmundBackhouse’sChinaundertheEmpressDowager.Thisuniquelookinsidethescintillatingandtreacherouscourt
4、lifeofChina’slastgreatdespot,theEmpressDowagerCixi,appearedatjusttherightmomentinhistory.In1910,tenyearsaftertheBoxerRebellionandtwoyearsafterthedeathofCixi,theChineseEmpirewasonthevergeofcollapseandalleyeswereonChina.AtatimewhenreaderswerehungryfornewsoftheM
5、iddleKingdom,thisbookgavethemallthatandmore,providingafreshperspectiveonChina’spreviousɹftyyearswiththrillinganecdotesfromthecourtandnewlytranslatedɹrst-handaccounts.Mostamazingofall,thebookfeaturedthenever-before-seendiaryofawell-connectedManchuoɽcial,ChingS
6、han,providinganinsider’sperspectiveonthemysteriousmachinationsofthecourtduringtheBoxerRebellion.Butthestorybehindthebookisequallycaptivating.JohnOtwayPercyBland,atthetimeofpublicationthemorefamousofthetwoauthors,arrivedinShanghaiin1883.TheIrishscholarhadbeenr
7、ecruiteddirectlyfromTrinityCollegetoworkintheImperialMaritimeCustomsServiceunderSirRobertHart,apositionhehelduntil1896.DuringthistimeherosetooɽcialrankintheChinesegovernment,gainedɻuencyintheChineselanguageandamassedawealthofpowerfulconnections.In1897,nowamem
8、berofShanghai’sMunicipalCouncil,heacceptedthepositionofShanghaicorrespondentforTheTimesofLondon,anditwasinthiscapacitythathecameincontactwitharisingstarofChinesescholarship,EdmundTrelawny
