Decree by the Empress Dowager which covers three pages of the Ga: ette enumerates allist of the leading Viceroys, Governors, and Manchu Generals during the past quarter of 'a century to whose memory worship is to be paid in recognition of their eminent services to the State. Many of the names are now nearly forgotten by foreigners, but the following may be extracted as still living in the recollection of many: Tseng Kuo-fan, Lo Ping-chang, Ting Pao-chen, Liu Ch'ang-yn, Chang Shu-sheng, and Chin Shun.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.