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 .. . to thePamir, and preparing to complete histriumph by the invasion of the countries ofthe Oxus and Jaxartes. A Brilliant Campaign. When Hoti was still a youth, he com-pleted this programme by overrunning theregion as far as the Caspian, which was prob-ably at that time connected with the Aral,and it may be supposed that Khiva markedthe limit of the Chinese generals triumphantprogre
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 .. . to thePamir, and preparing to complete histriumph by the invasion of the countries ofthe Oxus and Jaxartes. A Brilliant Campaign. When Hoti was still a youth, he com-pleted this programme by overrunning theregion as far as the Caspian, which was prob-ably at that time connected with the Aral,and it may be supposed that Khiva markedthe limit of the Chinese generals triumphantprogress. It is affirmed with more or lessshow of truth that he came into contact withthe Roman Empire or the great Thsin, asthe Chinese called it, and that he wished toestablish commercial relations with it. But,however uncertain this may be, there can beno doubt that he inflicted a most materialinjury on Rome, for before his legions fledthe Huns, who, less than four centuries later,debased the majesty of the Imperial City,and whose leader, Attila, may have been adescendant of that Meha, at whose handsthe Chinese suffered so severely. After this brilliant and memorable war ,Panchow returned to China, where he died. 42 CHINA: PAST AND PRESENT. at the great age of eighty. With him dis-appeared tli£ good fortune of the Handynasty, and misfortunes fell rapidly on thefamily that had governed China so long andso well. Hotis infant son lived only a fewmonths, and then his brother Ganti becameEmperor. The real power rested in thehands of the widow of Hoti, who was ele-vated to the post of Regent. Ganti wassucceeded in A. D. 124 by his son Chunti,in whose time several rebellions occurred,threatening the extinction of the dynasty. Ambitious Schemes. Several children were then elevated to thethrone, and at last an ambitious noble namedLeangki, whose sister was one of the Em-presses, acquired the supreme direction ofaffairs. He gave a great deal of trouble,but at last, finding that his ambitio
Size: 1304px × 1916px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthornorthrophenrydavenpor, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900
