Chinese horrors and persecutions of the Christians; containing a full account of the great insurrection in China; atrocities of the "Boxers" ..together with the complete history of China down to the present time .. . hority. Two greatuprisings of the people occurred in oppositedirections, both commencing while the Taep-ing rebellion was in full force, and continu-ing to disturb the country for many yearsafter its suppression. The one had for its 126 CHINA: PAST AND PRESENT. scene the great south-western province ofYunnan ; the other the two provinces of thenorth-west, Shensi and Kansuh, and ex
Chinese horrors and persecutions of the Christians; containing a full account of the great insurrection in China; atrocities of the "Boxers" ..together with the complete history of China down to the present time .. . hority. Two greatuprisings of the people occurred in oppositedirections, both commencing while the Taep-ing rebellion was in full force, and continu-ing to disturb the country for many yearsafter its suppression. The one had for its 126 CHINA: PAST AND PRESENT. scene the great south-western province ofYunnan ; the other the two provinces of thenorth-west, Shensi and Kansuh, and extend-ing thence westwards to the Pamir. Theyresembled each other in one point, and thatwas that they were instigated and sustainedby the Mahomedan population alone. The Panthays and the Tungani wereeither indigenous tribes or foreign immi- The Panthay rising calls for description inthe first place, because it began at an earlierperiod than the other, and also because thedetails have been preserved with greaterfidelity. Mahomedanism is believed to havebeen introduced into Yunnan in or about theyear 1275, and it made most progressamong the so-called aboriginal tribes, theLolos and the Mantzu. The officials were. CHINESE PEDLER. grants who had adopted or imported thetenets of Islam. Their sympathies with thePekin Government were probably never verygreat, but they were impelled in both casesto revolt more by local tyranny than byany distinct desire to cast off the authorityof the Chinese; but, of course, the obviousembarrassment of the central executive en-couraged by simplifying the task of rebellion. mostly Chinese or Tartars, and, left practi-cally free from control, they more oftenabused their power than sought to employ itfor the benefit of the people they the very first year of Hienfungs reign(185 i) a petition reached the capital from aMahomedan ^land proprietor in Yunnannamed Ma Wenchu, accusing the Emperorsofficials of the gravest crimes, and praying PRINCE KUN
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