First published in 1958. This volume translates and places in the appropriate historical context a number of private documents, such as diaries, autobiographies and confessions, which explain what the Opium War felt like on the Chinese side.

Arthur Waley

Part 1 Commissioner Lin at CantonPart 2 Songs of Oh dear, Oh dear!Part 3 ShanghaiPart 4 ChinkiangPart 5 Gutzlaff and his Traitors. Mamo;