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with Zhou Fu and Duan Fang． Political arrangements after the bureaucracy reform of 1906 triggered the direct confrontation
between Yi Kuang and Qu Hongji． Such factors like Qu Hongji's thirst for more political powerđYi Kuang's serious illness
and personnel shortages in the Northeast Provinces contributed to the Political Turmoil in 1907． Howeverđmore efforts are
needed to revisit the triangular relationships among Yi KuangđYuan Shikai and Qu Hongji．

A Study of Guizhou Inter-Provincial Contribution during the Ｒeign of Tongzhi and Guangxu
Emperors of Qing Dynasty ……………………………………………………… Ni Yuping̵ 70̶
After 1850đthe provinces in the southeast stopped to transfer the Inter-provincial Contribution fund to Guizhou． In
1863đthe Qing government transferred part of the contribution authority to the Ministry of Ｒevenue． Guizhou took the
opportunity to request the establishment of inter-provincial contributions and had successively set up Guizhou Contribution
Bureaus ̵ Qian Juan Ju̶ in HunanđSichuanđHubeiđGuangdongđGuangxiđJiangsuđShandong and other provinces． From
1864 to 1879đGuizhou received more than 21 million taels through contributions from other provincesđaccounting for 36．
11% of its military expenditure and thus ensuring the financial survival of the province． By examining inter-provincial
contributions to Guizhouđwe can have a glimpse of the importance of contributions in the traditional fiscal system of the
Qing Dynasty on the one hand and the efforts of the royal government in transferring fiscal resources among provinces on the
other．

Chinese Medicinal Materials Trade in Modern Hankou ̵ 1872 －1919̶
……………………………………………………………………… Diao Li and Song Siqi̵ 86̶
This paper analyzes the patterns of the import and export trade of Chinese medicinal materials in Hankou from 1872 to
1919． According to this paperđinter-port trade was the bulk of Chinese medicinal materials trade in Hankou while re-export
trade was also significant． Trade in musk and gall dominated the structure of Chinese medicinal materials trade in Hankou
before and after 1904 respectively． Chinese medicinal materials trade kept its growth momentum in modern China and
Hankou's importance in this trade was second only to Shanghai． Based on the catalogue of Chinese medicinal materialsđthis
article examined the market hinterlandđtrade routesđand inter-port tradeđand analyzed modern Hankou Chinese medicinal
materials trade system based on categorical data． It finds that the traditional commercial network and market mechanisms
related to Chinese medicinal materials trade were largely immune from shocks and kept their vitalityđalthough fluctuations
did take place between 1872 and 1919． Huge market demands in Hankouđattributes of Chinese medicinal materials and the
highly-developed trade network in modern China were all factors behind it．

Institutional Ｒegulation of Narcotic Drugs by the Nationalist Government and Dilemmas of
Monopoly ……………………………………………………………………… Ji Linghui̵ 104̶

Zhang Taiyan and Sinology in Japan of the Meiji Era ……………………… Peng Chunling̵ 120̶

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Localization of the May 4 Vernacular Language Movement͇ Centering on the Educational Circle
in WuxiđJiangsu Province …………………………………………………… Xu Jiagui̵ 136̶

Ｒeexamining the Proposed Timetable for Inaugurating the Parliament during the Constitutional
Ｒeform in Late Qing Dynasty͇ A Study Based on the Original Preparatory List of the
Constitutional Ｒeform ………………………………………………………… Xiang Xuan̵ 151̶

English abstracts translated by Jia Yajuan