本书收录了邓嗣禹《张喜日记》、《太平天国》2部文集，书稿内容包括了张喜《抚夷日记》以及1842年《南京条约》的签订过程，国内外关于太平天国运动研究的综述以及清末捻军起义的发生发展过程，能够给相关领域研究者提供一定的史料及参考借鉴。

邓嗣禹，字持宇，湖南常宁黄洞乡人。1932年燕京大学毕业後，留学哈佛大学，与林语堂、陈寅恪等同为哈佛燕京学社成员，师从着名汉学家费正清先生。主要着述有《中国考试制度史》《清朝政治制度》《太平天国起义史编纂》《现代通俗汉语》《太平天国起义和西方政权》等。

CHANG HSI AND THE TREATY OF NANKING
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
A.CHANG HSI, AUTHOR OF THE DIARY, FU-I JIH-CHI
AND THE BACKGROUND OF THE SITUATION IN
B.THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE DIARY AND ITS
OUTSTANDING POINTS
CHAPTER 2 ANNOTATED TRANSLATION OF THE FU-I JIH
CHI
APPENDIX A CHRONOLOGY OF THE NEGOTIATIONS OF
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
NOTES
NEW LIGHT ON THE HISTORY OF THE TAIPING REBELLION
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
I.HISTORY OF THE STUDY OF THE TAIPING REBELLION
II.A GENERAL REVIEW OF THE WORKS OF THE TAIPING
HISTORIANS
1.CHIEN YU-WEN
2.HSIEH HSING-YAO
3.LO ERH-KANG
4.KUO T'ING
5.P'ENG TSE
6.HSIAO I-SHAN
7.OTHER HISTORIANS' WORK ON THE PERIOD
8.JAPANESE WORKS
9.ENGLISH SOURCES
10.FRENCH AND GERMAN SOURCES
11.RUSSIAN SOURCE
Ⅲ.NEW LIGHT ON A FEW KNOTTY PROBLEMS
1.THE PROBLEM OF HUNG TA-CH'üAN
2.THE PROBLEM OF TAIPING CONNECTIONS WITH SECRET
SOCIETIES
3.THE PROBLEM OF CH'IEN CHIANG AND WANG T'AO
Ⅳ.THE NATURE, CAUSES, AND EARLY HISTORY OF THE
REBELLION
1.ITS NATURE AND SIGNIFICANCE
2.THE CAUSES OF THE TAIPING REBELLION
3.THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE TAIPING REBELLION
V.NEW LIGHT ON THE MILITARY DEVELOPMENT
1.THE VICTORIOUS PERIOD FROM 1851 TO
2.REASONS FOR THE VICTORIES
3.THE DECLINING PERIOD, 1856
4.REASONS FOR THE FAILURE OF THE TAIPINGS
Ⅵ.NEW LIGHT ON THE TAIPING RELIGION AND CALENDAR
1.THE TAIPING RELIGION
2.THE TAIPING CALENDAR
VII.NEW LIGHT ON TAIPING POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SYSTEMS
1.POLITICAL SYSTEM
2.ECONOMIC SYSTEM
3.THE POSITION OF WOMEN
4.OTHER DRASTIC CHANGES
5.THE EVALUATION OF THE TAIPING POLITICAL AND
SOCIAL SYSTEMS
NOTES
CHINESE CHARACTERS REFERRED TO IN THE TEXT
HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE TAIPING REBELLION
FOREWORD
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CHAPTER I A FUNDAMENTAL SOURCE OF THE TAIPING
REBELLION
CHAPTER II WRITINGS OF THE TAIPING LEADERS
CHAPTER IⅢ SOURCES FROM THE CH'ING SIDE
CHAPTER Ⅳ COLLECTANEA OF TAIPING SOURCES
CHAPTER V WORKS OF LEADING HISTORIANS
1.CHIEN YU-WEN
2.LO ERH-KANG
3.FAN WEN-LAN
4.HUA KANG
5.JUNG MENG-YUAN
6.HSIEH HSING-YAO
7.HSIAO 1-SHAN
8.KUO T'ING
9.P'ENG TSE
CHAPTER V ADDITIONAL CHINESE PUBLICATIONS
CHAPTER VII JAPANESE WRITINGS ON THE TAIPING KINGDOM
CHAPTER VIII WESTERN WRITINGS
CHAPTER IX SELECTED RUSSIAN MATERIALS
CHAPTER X SELECTED M.A.AND PH.D.DISSERTATIONS
CHAPTER XI BIBLIOGRAPHIES
ADDENDUM
NOTES
GLOSSARY
THE NIEN ARMY AND THEIR GUERRILLA WARFARE 1851
PREFACE
I.INTRODUCTION
1.A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE NIEN ARMY
2.THE MEANING AND NATURE OF “NIEN”
3.HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
4.GEOGRAPHICAL BACKGROUND
Ⅱ.THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NIEN
1.THE EARLY NIEN HISTORY FROM 1797 TO 1851
2.THE OPPORTUNITIES AND METHODS OF THE NIEN
DEVELOPMENT
3.THE NIEN METHODS FOR ENLARGING THEIR MEMBERSHIP
Ⅲ.THE NIEN ORGANIZATION AND LEADERSHIP
1.THE EARLY NIEN ORGANIZATION
2.THE LATER NIEN ORGANIZATION
3.THE SOURCES OF INFLUENCE OVER THE NIEN
ORGANIZATION
4.SOURCES OF SUPPLY
5.THE NIEN LEADERSHIP
6.THE ROLE OF THE GENTRY IN THE NIEN REBELLION
Ⅳ.RELATIONS OF THE NIEN WITH OTHER REBELS
1.THE NIEN RELATIONS WITH THE TAIPINGS
2.THE RELATIONS OF THE NIEN WITH SECRET SOCIETIES
3.NIEN'S COOPERATION WITH LOCAL FORCES
4.NIEN RELATIONS WITH THE MOSLEM REBELS
V.A HISTORY OF THE NIEN MOVEMENT AND ITS
SUPPRESSION
1.THE FIRST PHASE OF THE NIEN MOVEMENT, 1851
2.TSENG KUO-FAN'S POLICY AGAINST THE NIEN
3.THE SECOND PHASE OF THE NIEN MOVEMENT
1865-66
4.THE EASTERN NIEN, OCTOBER 1866-JANUARY
5.THE WESTERN NIEN, OCTOBER 1866-AUGUST
Ⅵ.THE WEAPONS OF THE NIEN ARMY AND THEIR
GUERRILLA TACTICS
1.THE WEAPONS OF THE NIEN ARMY
2.THE CAVALRY OF THE NIEN ARMY
3.THE GUERRI