Preface | 7 | |
Chapter 1 — Young Paul | 11 | |
The Foundling and the Founder | 14 | |
Chapter 2 — Rails, Sails, and Ruts | 18 | |
Pope Pius IX | 22 | |
Shipboard Chinese Lessons | 24 | |
First Glimpse of China | 26 | |
China’s Bustling Trade City | 27 | |
“Guardian Angel” and Guide | 28 | |
“Those Damned Carts” | 30 | |
Chinese Names | 32 | |
The Capital | 34 | |
Chapter 3 — Seed in the Soil | 38 | |
Fr. Verbist’s Debut Party | 40 | |
Getting to Work | 41 | |
The Chinese Language | 43 | |
A Case for Champagne | 45 | |
Brother Franzenbach | 48 | |
Chapter 4 — The Turning Point | 50 | |
Fr. Remi Verlinden | 51 | |
Departure from Xiwanzi | 53 | |
Chapter 5 — Paul and Richthofen | 56 | |
The Geologist Finds his Dolmetscher | 56 | |
Li Hongzhang Grants Approval | 58 | |
China’s Lewis and Clark? | 58 | |
Kalgan Detour | 60 | |
Buddhist Travel Companion | 65 | |
Chapter 6 — Trader in Mongolia | 70 | |
Jardine Matheson & Co. | 70 | |
The Mongolian wool trade | 71 | |
Paul Gets Married | 78 | |
Chapter 7 — Customs Mandarin in Suzhou | 83 | |
American Cyclists Meet Mysterious “Ling Darin” | 86 | |
Vladimor Obroutchev Visit | 88 | |
Paul the Practitioner | 91 | |
Recognition and Promotion | 96 | |
Swedish Explorer Sven Hedin | 97 | |
Chapter 8 — The Children’s Caravan | 103 | |
The Missing Ingredient | 103 | |
The Journey | 105 | |
Arrival at Shanghai | 105 | |
Four Religious Sisters | 107 | |
Chapter 9 — China’s “Grand Central” | 114 | |
Li and Leopold | 115 | |
Flawed Diplomacy | 119 | |
Paul is Enlisted | 122 | |
Chapter 10 — Paul and the King’s Men | 127 | |
Leopold Sets Sights on Gansu | 127 | |
General Wittamer in “Paul’s town” | 128 | |
Who Were the “Boxers”? | 129 | |
Guangxu Attempts Reform | 131 | |
Learning About the Congo | 133 | |
A Low Point | 134 | |
“Flee Immediately” | 135 | |
Refuge at the Zhang Plantation | 136 | |
Gobi Ordeal | 139 | |
Boxers in Beijing | 142 | |
Chapter 11 — Brigadier General Lin in Post-Boxer China | 146 | |
First Foreigner to see the Dunhuang Buddhist manuscripts | 147 | |
Still Assisting Scheuts | 148 | |
Chapter 12 — Mission to Brussels | 156 | |
Chapter 13 — Xian Farewell | 164 | |
Chapter 14 — Paul’s Legacy | 138 | |
Development of Lanzhou | 138 | |
And What About the Bridge? | 139 | |
Epilogue — Paul’s Other Bridge | 177 | |
Appendix A — How is Anne Related to Paul? | 183 | |
Appendix B — Map | 184 | |
Appendix C — Paul’s descendants | 186 | |
Bibliography | 189 | |
Index | 195 |
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