Word: tzu
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Only 28 years old, Henry Pu Yi is no stranger to thrones. Twice before has he been proclaimed Emperor of China. The first time was when he was two years old. In 1908 that crafty old mummy the Empress Dowager Tzu Hsi, who had ruled China since 1861, felt that she had not long to live. A prisoner on an island in the Imperial City was her nephew, the 37-year-old Emperor Kuang Hsu whose offense had been to attempt to modernize China and rid it of the burden of its old mandarins by the device of asking them...
...treated her like one of themselves-all except one woman who had seen her mother raped by foreign soldiers. The Lins begged their visitor to excuse this relative's prejudice. Admitted to their hospitality, Nora Waln also had to obey their rules. After being presented to Kuei-tzu (Lady of First Authority in the House of Exile) she was forbidden to appear again until "sufficiently civilized" to hear and speak for herself; all members of the family were forbidden to speak to her again in any language except Chinese. Consequently she soon became "civilized." U. S. friends worried about...
Fierce old Tzu Hsi, crafty, foreigner-hating Dowager Empress, used to say that this Lion Dog of China knew regal splendor when Europeans were "still swinging from the trees by their tails." Fanciers now generally agree that the dog probably took on its present aspect in the 7th Century A. D., but Chinese tradition holds that it was the pet of Emperors 4,000 years ago. Ancient carvings, pictures and effigies of a grotesque animal resembling the Pekingese seem to substantiate this belief...
...Peiping and the surrounding province. Last week destiny caught up with him and with the rest of China. Chang Hsueh-liang is the son of Chang Tso-lin, one of the most picturesque Chinese characters to emerge since the death of that grand old lady, the Empress Dowager Tzu-hsi. Chang Tso-lin was a bandit who made himself master of Manchuria before the breakup of the Empire in 1911, and then developed streaks of patriotism. He was extremely proud of his nickname, "The Old Tiger," which originated in his drooping mustaches and his striped mandarin robes.* In the Tiger...
...Trung teaches that there are good and bad points in all religions. He has codified the "good" points of Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism and Christianity. Kao-dai is the Supreme God.* His demigods are Lao Tzu (reputed founder of Taoism), Buddha, Confucius, Jesus. A Kao-daist may thus pray in the name of his favorite demigod. Le-Van-Trung's personal demigod is Confucius. Symbol of Kao-daists is a large eye surrounded by clouds...