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Chronology of the Chinese.
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With cotemporary Chinese Events.
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6. 秦紀 TIN KE.
Name of the Sovereign.
莊襄王 Chwangseing wang.
This emperor meě chow,
exterminated Chow.
Note. These two dynasties-if they are to be separated-may be considered
as one. They are separated here because they are thus arranged in the work
from which we obtain them-the History Made Easy.
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7. How 'T'sin Ke.
後秦紀
Names of the Sovereigns.
With cotemporary Chinese events.
始皇帝 Che Hwangte. 築長城 chuh chang ching, 二世皇帝 Urhshe Hwangte Che built the great wall, and 焚 ** fun shoo, burnt the books.
Parts of the Chinese history are involved in much obscurity, and few more so than that of this period. The 'unravelment of history,' has
been made an object of particular attention with some of their best scholars, and one of their works bears such a name. But it forms no portion of our present object of enter upon the discussion of these entanglements, or to attempt their unravelment.
In the year 250 B. C., a prince named Heaoumăn wang obtained the throne, but died a few months afterwards; in the Kang Keën E Che, his name does not appear upon the list of sovereigns; it has a place however in the chronological tables, San yuen keå tsze.
Che Hwangte, the successor of Chwangseäng was a remarkble person, and his acts more memorable than those of any other sover- eign who ever occupied the throne of this empire.
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With all his greatness there was much that was base and execrable in his character. His name was Ching, and his sirname or the name of his family was Leu: he was of mean parentage and an illegitimate son—at least, our historians so affirm. He had reigned twenty-five years when he gained possession of the whole empire. Hitherto he had borne the name of Tsin wang ching; he now, on becoming universal monarch'of the whole world as he supposed, took the name