omads, 36
(_see_ Army, World War, Opium War, Lorcha War, Fire-Arms)

Washington, conference, 313

Wei, dynasty, 102, 113 ff.;
small state, 40;
empress, 180

Wei Chung-hsien, eunuch, 267-8

Wei T'o, ruler in South China, 77

Welfare state, 215 ff.

Well-field system (_ching-t'ien_), 33

Wen Ti, Han ruler, 78, 79, 80, 81, 86;
Wei ruler 113;
Toba ruler, 144;
Sui ruler, 167 ff.

Wen Tsung, Manchu ruler, 294

Whampoa, military academy, 314

Wheat, 11, 21, 32

White Lotos sect (Pai-lien), 239, 267, 284-5

Wholesalers, 200

Wine, 21

Wood-cut, 251, 256
(_see_ Colour print)

Wool, 21, 33, 286
(_see_ Felt)

World Wars, 295, 310, 311, 312, 317

Women rights, 280, 332

Writing, invention, 18, 22
(_see_ Script)

Wu, empress, 179 ff.;
state, 38, 111-12, 115, 121

Wu-ch'ang, city, 301
(_see_ Hankow)

Wu Ching-tzu, writer, 280

Wu-huan, tribal federation, 98, 102, 114

Wu P'ei-fu, war lord, 312

Wu San-Kui, general, 269, 271, 272, 277

Wu Shih-fan, ruler, 271

Wu-sun, tribal group, 89

Wu Tai (Five Dynasties period), 199 ff.

Wu Tao-tzu, painter, 183

Wu(Ti), Han ruler, 86, 89, 91;
Chin ruler, 115;
Liang ruler, 161, 164

Wu Tsung, Manchu ruler, 261, 264

Wu Wang, Chou ruler, 30

_wu-wei,_ philosophical term, 47

Yakub beg, ruler, 293

Yamato, part of Japan, 112

Yang, clan, 119, 120

Yang Chien, ruler, 151, 163, 166 ff.
(_see_ Wen Ti)

Yang (Kui-fei), concubine, 184

Yang-shao, archaeological site, 12 ff., 29

Yang Ti, Sui ruler, 168, 178

Yao, mythical ruler, 17;
tribes in South China, 12, 16, 19, 21, 111, 152

Yarkand, city in Turkestan, 97, 98, 282

Yeh (K'ai-feng), city, 125, 148

Yeh-ta (_see_ Ephtalites)

Yehe-Nara, tribe, 294

Yellow Turbans, secret society, 101, 158

Yeh-lue Ch'u-ts'ai, politician, 241

Yen, state, 114;
dynasty, 112;
Earlier Yen dynasty, 126, 127;
Later Yen dynasty 127, 128 ff.;
Western Yen dynasty, 129

Yen-an, city, 321-2

Yen Fu, translator, 280

Yen Hsi-shan, war lord, 315

Yen-ta (Altan), ruler, 264-5

_Yen-t'ieh-lun_ (Discourses on Salt and Iron), book, 91

Yin Chung-k'an, general, 158

Yin-ch'ue, city, 21

Yin and Yang, philosophical terms, 60

Ying Tsung, Manchu ruler, 259, 260

Yo Fei, general, 226

Yue Liang, general, 156, 157

Yue-wen, tribal group, 119, 148, 169, 172

Yuean Chen, 182

Yuean Chi, philosopher, 50

Yuean Mei, writer, 280

Yuean Shao, gener