Shen, Yiyun (Shen I-yun), 沈亦云, 1962

Extent:

489 pages

Scope and content:

Ancestry, girlhood and early education; life in the Peiyang Normal School for Girls; observations and experiences during Revolution of 1911, second revolution, life in exile; Peking, Tientsin, travel abroad; Capital Revolution; acting premiership; return to the south, participation in Northern Expedition; first "Special Municipality" in China and its first mayor; new Foreign Minister and settlement of Nanking incident; Tsinan Incident, Mukden Thunderbolt, husband's last mission in North China; T'ang-ku Truce; Political Reconstruction Council and unsuccessful reconstruction in North China; outbreak of war of resistance; new school of Nan-p'ing and rehabilitation of Mo-kan-shan; dynastic tradition and reluctant departure.

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