The Tatar Whirlwind : A Novel of Seventeenth-Century East Asia

Historical Note on East Asia in the Early Seventeenth Century viii A Note on the Translation ix Hirado 1(15) The Mystery of Takushima 16(15) Old Caishen 31(15) Tatar Princess 46(21) Ship's Departure 67(15) Sailing North 82(15) Pi Island 97(18) The Whirlpool 115(10) Master Tianxiang 125(17) Beyond the Waves 142(17) On Manchu Tatar Soil 159(16) To the Capital of the Great Khan 175(12) To Shenyang 187(15) The Fortress at Ningyuan 202(16) Death of the Great Khan 218(13) The City of Shenyang 231(13) Great Khan Hong Taiji 244(13) Zaotangzi 257(11) Battle Dust 268(15) Further North 283(10) Orho (Grass) 293(10) Victory and Defeat 303(15) To the Sluice 318(12) Surrounding Beijing 330(15) Sealing off the Country 345(14) The Emergence of the Qing Dynasty 359(16) The Qing Emperor Has Died 375(17) Prince Rui 392(15) Damtun (Hostages) 407(11) Zheng Chenggong 418(15) Night Rain in Suzhou 433(18) ``Fulang'' (Fukura) 451(14) In Prince Rui's Room 465(15) Ghosts of Beijing 480(15) The Ming Emperor Commits Suicide 495(11) Emissary Tang Tong 506(9) Chen Yuanyuan 515(14) Secret Messenger to the East 529(12) Exchange of Messengers 541(14) The Great Battle 555(14) Entrance into the Capital 569(20) A Bad Month in Beijing 589(14) The Whole Wide World 603(14) Afterword: Jurchens, Then and Now 617(21) Afterword to the Japanese Paperback Edition 638(3) Dramatis Personae 641