My life in China and America
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MY LIFE IN CHINA AND AMERICA YUNG WING |
MY LIFE IN CHINA
AND AMERICA
BY
YUNG WING, A.B., LL.D. (Yale)
COMMISSIONER OF THE CHINESE EDUCATIONAL COMMISSION,
ASSOCIATE CHINESE MINISTER IN WASHINGTON,
EXPECTANT TAO-TAI OF KIANG SU
NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
1909
Copyright, 1909
BY
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
Published November, 1909.
TO
MY DEVOTED SONS
MORRISON BROWN
AND
BARTLETT GOLDEN YUNG
THESE REMINISCENCES
ARE AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | ||
| I. | BOYHOOD | 1 | |
| II. | SCHOOL DAYS | 13 | |
| III. | JOURNEY TO AMERICA AND FIRST EXPERIENCES THERE | 21 | |
| IV. | AT MONSON ACADEMY | 27 | |
| V. | MY COLLEGE DAYS | 34 | |
| VI. | RETURN TO CHINA | 42 | |
| VII. | EFFORT TO FIND A POSITION | 58 | |
| VIII. | EXPERIENCES IN BUSINESS | 67 | |
| IX. | MY FIRST TRIP TO THE TEA DISTRICTS | 79 | |
| X. | MY VISIT TO THE TAIPINGS | 96 | |
| XI. | REFLECTIONS ON THE TAIPING REBELLION | 113 | |
| XII. | EXPEDITION TO THE TAIPING TEA DISTRICT | 123 | |
| XIII. | MY INTERVIEWS WITH TSANG KWOH FAN | 137 | |
| XIV. | MY MISSION TO AMERICA TO BUY MACHINERY | 154 | |
| XV. | MY SECOND RETURN TO CHINA | 160 | |
| XVI. | PROPOSAL OF MY EDUCATIONAL SCHEME | 170 | |
| XVII. | THE CHINESE EDUCATIONAL MISSION | 180 | |
| XVIII. | INVESTIGATION OF THE COOLIE TRAFFIC IN PERU | 191 | |
| XIX. | END OF THE EDUCATIONAL MISSION | 197 | |
| XX. | JOURNEY TO PEKING AND DEATH OF MY WIFE | 216 | |
| XXI. | MY RECALL TO CHINA | 224 | |
| XXII. | THE COUP D'ETAT OF 1898 | 239 | |
| Appendix | 247 | ||
| Index | 275 | ||