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each harnessed and stripped to the waist, fighting the torrent.
Treaty ports: Ports opened to foreign trade and residence under what the Chinese have always regarded as 'unequal treaties'.
Tsung-li Yamen : The Foreign Affairs Bureau of the late Ch'ing dynasty, established after the capture of Peking in 1860 by the Allied forces. It was the channel of communication between foreign Ministers resident in Peking and the throne.
Tsung-tu #: the Viceroy or Governor-General of one or more provinces within which he had the general control of all civil and military affairs and was subject only to the throne.
Wai-sing Lottery: lit: examination of names, a kind of sweepstake, once a very popular form of gambling amongst the Cantonese, on the result of the public examination for the second degree. The holder of a successful candidate's name being the winner of a greater or lesser sum according to position on the published list.
Wei-yuan A: a delegate staff officer, a special delegate or Expectant Appointee on ad hoc duty.
White Lily Sect [Pai-lien Chiao] was a more serious rebellion at the end of the eighteenth century. This secret society, originally founded in opposition to Mongol domination several centuries earlier, had been revived in order to get rid of the alien Manchu rule of the Ch'ing dynasty. It broke out in western Hupei in 1796 and for nearly nine years taxed China's resources to the utmost. Although Mesny was not involved his and their paths crossed on occasion.
Yamen : The official and private residence of any 'mandarin', officials who held a seal, a government office.
Ying #: usually a battalion but not uncommonly, a force of a number of battalions.
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each harnessed and stripped to the waist, fighting the torrent.
Treaty ports: Ports opened to foreign trade and residence under what the Chinese have always regarded as 'unequal treaties'.
Tsung-li Yamen : The Foreign Affairs Bureau of the late Ch'ing dynasty, established after the capture of Peking in 1860 by the Allied forces. It was the channel of communication between foreign Ministers resident in Peking and the throne.
Tsung-tu #: the Viceroy or Governor-General of one or more provinces within which he had the general control of all civil and military affairs and was subject only to the throne.
Wai-sing Lottery: lit: examination of names, a kind of sweepstake, once a very popular form of gambling amongst the Cantonese, on the result of the public examination for the second degree. The holder of a successful candidate's name being the winner of a greater or lesser sum according to position on the published list.
Wei-yuan A: a delegate staff officer, a special delegate or Expectant Appointee on ad hoc duty.
White Lily Sect [Pai-lien Chiao] was a more serious rebellion at the end of the eighteenth century. This secret society, originally founded in opposition to Mongol domination several centuries earlier, had been revived in order to get rid of the alien Manchu rule of the Ch'ing dynasty. It broke out in western Hupei in 1796 and for nearly nine years taxed China's resources to the utmost. Although Mesny was not involved his and their paths crossed on occasion.
Yamen : The official and private residence of any 'mandarin', officials who held a seal, a government office.
Ying #: usually a battalion but not uncommonly, a force of a number of battalions.
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