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Rh the rebels near T'ientsin. Then a gap usnally occurs in the tale until 1858 or 1860, where the Autobiography of the Chungwang and the elaborate accounts of the exploits of Gordon and the French permit them to resume the thread of the narrative.

It is astounding to realise how little use has been made of Chinese materials in these histories and how frequently the important work of Tsêng Kuo-fan is passed over with scarcely a comment. Even Li Ung-bing has not made as full use of Chinese sources available to him as he might have done.

In the following bibliography I have not attempted to give an exhaustive list of Chinese works, but only those which deal with Tsêng Kuo-fan himself or general accounts of the rebellion. Those from non-Chinese sources I have made fuller, so as to include whatever may help to throw light on the period or on the participants in the war. It will be observed that there is practically no literature on Tsêng Kuo-fan in a European language, little or nothing on Tso Tsung-tang, and not a particularly creditable list on Li Hung-chang.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Cordier, H. Bibliotheca Sinica. 2d ed., 4 vols. Paris, 1906-1907.

Indispensable for a survey of the literature.

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SOURCES

A. SOURCES: ON tsêng kuo-fan and the taiping rebellion.

1. The Collected Works of Tsêng Wen-cheng. 156 parts. Published in a number of editions. The one in my possession