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Chronology of the Chinese.
15.梁纪 LeANG Ke.
Names of the Sovereigns.
1 武帝 Woo te.
·2簡文 Keén wăn. 3元帝 Yuen te. 4 敬帝 King te.
MARCH,
Cotemporary Chinese Events.
19 twan tseën, short cash, were interdicted by this emperor. The depreciation amounted to 10, and sometimes 20, and even 30, in a hundred.
"The people began to sit with their legs hanging down," i. e. they used chairs!
Note. Budhism which had been discarded, again revived. The first emperor
himself, when old, became a priest, and lived according to the rites of the order.
16. CHIN Ke.
Names of the Sovereigns.
陳紀
With cotemporary Chinese Events.
Cloth, paper, and iron money had
been sometime in vogue when,—
w00 yen tseën,
goose-eyed money-now came
1 高祖
Kaou tsoo.
2文帝 3廢帝 4 宣帝 5 後主
Wán te.
鵝眼錢
Fei te.
Seuen te.
How choo.
into use. Pearl money was soon
used in its stead.
་
neu heŏ sze, make
女學士 new heǒ
their appearance.
17. 隋紀 Sux Ke.
Names of the Sovereigns.
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With cotemporary Chinese Events.
天下地震 teèn hei te chin,
an earthquake throughout the
whole empire.
1 高祖
Kaou tsoo.
2煬帝
Yang te.
3
Kung de yew.
龍舟
4 恭帝们 Kung te tung.
lung chow, an imperial
boat-built. This was 45 cubits
high, 200 long, having four sto-
ries.
Yang Keën was the founder of the Suy dynasty. He was fond of power and extended his rule oyer the whole of the empire, uniting in