My life in China and America

容閎	MY LIFE IN CHINA AND AMERICA YUNG WING

MY LIFE IN CHINA

AND AMERICA

BY

YUNG WING, A.B., LL.D. (Yale)

COMMISSIONER OF THE CHINESE EDUCATIONAL COMMISSION,
ASSOCIATE CHINESE MINISTER IN WASHINGTON,
EXPECTANT TAO-TAI OF KIANG SU

NEW YORK

HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

1909

Copyright, 1909

BY

HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

Published November, 1909.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER	PAGE
I.	BOYHOOD	1
II.	SCHOOL DAYS	13
III.	JOURNEY TO AMERICA AND FIRST EXPERIENCES THERE	21
IV.	AT MONSON ACADEMY	27
V.	MY COLLEGE DAYS	34
VI.	RETURN TO CHINA	42
VII.	EFFORT TO FIND A POSITION	58
VIII.	EXPERIENCES IN BUSINESS	67
IX.	MY FIRST TRIP TO THE TEA DISTRICTS	79
X.	MY VISIT TO THE TAIPINGS	96
XI.	REFLECTIONS ON THE TAIPING REBELLION	113
XII.	EXPEDITION TO THE TAIPING TEA DISTRICT	123
XIII.	MY INTERVIEWS WITH TSANG KWOH FAN	137
XIV.	MY MISSION TO AMERICA TO BUY MACHINERY	154
XV.	MY SECOND RETURN TO CHINA	160
XVI.	PROPOSAL OF MY EDUCATIONAL SCHEME	170
XVII.	THE CHINESE EDUCATIONAL MISSION	180
XVIII.	INVESTIGATION OF THE COOLIE TRAFFIC IN PERU	191
XIX.	END OF THE EDUCATIONAL MISSION	197
XX.	JOURNEY TO PEKING AND DEATH OF MY WIFE	216
XXI.	MY RECALL TO CHINA	224
XXII.	THE COUP D'ETAT OF 1898	239
Appendix		247
Index		275

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