Introduction 1
Chapter Ⅰ The Reform Movement of 1898 6
Chapter Ⅱ The Collapse of the Reform Movement 13
Chapter Ⅲ Reaction and the Boxer Movement,1898—1901 27
Chapter Ⅳ The Last Years of Kuang-Hsü,1901—1908 37
Chapter Ⅴ The Empress-Dowager,T'zǔ-Hsi 50
Chapter Ⅵ The Revolution,1911 66
Chapter Ⅶ The"Articles of Favourable Treatment" of the Manchu Imperial House 82
Chapter Ⅷ The Ta Ch'ing and the Hung Hsien Emperors 99
Chapter Ⅸ Chang Hsün and the Restoration of 1917 120
Chapter Ⅹ Autobiography of the Old Man of the Pine-tree(Translated from the Chinese) 133
Chapter Ⅺ The Forbidden City,1919—1924 147
Chapter Ⅻ The Imperial Tutors 172
Chapter ⅩⅢ The Manchu Court in Twilight 188
Chapter ⅪⅤ The Imperial Household Department(Nei Wu Fu) 203
Chapter ⅩⅤ The Dragon Unfledged 218
Chapter ⅩⅥ Monarchist Hopes and Dreams 241
Chapter ⅩⅦ The Dragon Restless 256
Chapter ⅩⅧ The Dragon Flaps His Wings 268
Chapter ⅪⅩ Dragon and Phoenix 295
Chapter ⅩⅩ Plots and Stratagems 312
Chapter ⅩⅪ The Imperial Garden 330
Chapter ⅩⅫ The Summer Palace 344
Chapter ⅩⅩⅢ The Fifth of November 369
Chapter ⅩⅩⅣ The Dragon Caged 388
Chapter ⅩⅩⅤ The Flight of the Dragon 401
Epilogue:the Dragon Goes Home 421
The Pedigree of the Manchu Emperors 440