Commissioner Lin Zexu burning opium at Humen
Signing of the Treaty of Nanking
The Sino-Japanese War: the battle scene
The Sino-Japanese War: the sunken ships
Sino-Japanese War: the occupied fortress
Empress Dowager Cixi (慈禧太后; pinyin: Cíxǐ Tàihòu; WadeGiles: Tz'u-Hsi T'ai-hou) (1835 –1908)
The Guangxu Emperor (光緒帝)
(August 14, 1871–November 14,
1908), born Zaitian (載湉), was the
tenth emperor of the Manchu Qing
dynasty, and the ninth Qing emperor
to rule over China proper. His reign
lasted from 1875 to 1908, but in
practice he ruled, under Empress
Dowager Cixi's influence, from 1889
to 1898. He initiated the Hundred
Days' Reform, but was abruptly
stopped when Cixi launched a coup
in 1898, after which he was put under
house arrest until his death. His reign
name means "The Glorious
Succession".
Kang Youwei (Chinese: 康有為; March 19, 1858–March 31,
1927), born in Foshan, Guangdong, was a Chinese scholar, noted
calligrapher and political reformist.
Liang Qichao (Chinese: 梁
啟超, Liáng Qǐchāo;
Courtesy: Zhuoru, 卓如;
Pseudonym: Rengong, 任
公) (February 23, 1873–
January 19, 1929) was a
Chinese scholar,
journalist, philosopher and
reformist during the Qing
Dynasty (1644–1911),
who inspired Chinese
scholars with his writings
and reform movements.
He died of illness in
Beijing at the age of 55.
Chen Jitong 陳季同 (18521907), leading civilian
reformer, famous late Qing
diplomat and the first
Chinese who published in
Western languages to
introduce Chinese culture.
Xue Jia yin 學
賈吟 (Chanting
after Jia Yi)
Chen Jitong’s
poetic
manuscript
Xue Shaohui 薛紹
徽 (1866-1911),
leading
contributor to the
1898 Nü xuebao
The 1898 Nü xuebao (12
issues, July 24 to late
October 1898)
The 1897 Nü xuehui 女學會 (Women’s Study Society, founded December 6, 1897)
(Nü xuebao 2 [August 3, 1898])
The class scene of the
first Chinese girls’
school, Shanghai, May,
1898
The cover (inscribed by Shoupeng’s elder
brother, the legendary diplomat Chen Jitong
[1852-1907]) and the 1st page of the WGLNZ
Men’s queues 1
Men’s queues 2
Old Chinese school
Western Styled Chinese boys’ school
Chinese girls’
school established
by Western
missionaries
First Chinese girls’ college, established by Western missionaries
Sun Yat-sen 孫中山; Pinyin: Sūn Zhōngshān; or "Sun Yixian"
(Pinyin: Sūn Yìxiān) (November 12, 1866 – March 12, 1925)
Lu Xun (Lu Hsün) 魯迅, penname of Zhou Shuren (Chou
Shu-jen) 周樹人 (1881-1936)
Qian Xuantong (traditional Chinese: 錢玄同; simplified
Chinese: 钱玄同; pinyin: Qián Xuántóng (1887—1939
Li Yaotang (李堯棠 November
25, 1904 – October 17, 2005),
courtesy name Feigan (芾甘), is
considered to be one of the most
important and widely-read
Chinese writers of the 20th
century. He wrote under the pen
name of Ba Jin (巴金, also Pa
Chin), allegedly taking his
pseudonym from Russian
anarchists Bakunin and
Kropotkin.
沈從文 pinyin: Shěn
Cóngwén; Wade-Giles: Shen
Ts'ung-wen, December 28,
1902—May 10, 1988)