4. SHANG Kı, (Continued).
mes of the Sovereigns.
..15. 南庚 Nankang. 16. Hj @ Yángkiah. 17. #Pwáukang.
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18.
19.
Siäusin.
Siáuyih,
20. AT Wúting.
21. 旗庚 Tsúkang.
22. 租用 Tsúkish
23. 廩辛 Linsin.
24.
Kangting.
25. 武乙 Wúyih.
26. AT Taiting.
Z Tiyib.
27.
乙
豺率
28. 紂辛 Chausin.
Cotemporary Chinese Events.
The seventeenth emperor of this » dynasty, Pwánkang, having re- moved his capital to Yin, E ĐỀ HẾ kái lan hiu, gui yin,
changed the name of the nation, and called it Yin.'
The conduct of the twenty-fifth emperor is most notable: the his torian thus describes it:
武乙無道爲偶人謂 之天神與之博合人 行天神不勝乃鬱
辱之
Wúyih, devoid of reason, made images, called them gods, and gambl ed with them, having ordered a man to play for them; the gods, being
unable to win, he disgraced them.
Tanks, the infamous female
companion of Chausin.
truth, and acted the part of good men; but the great mass of the people were vicious and miserable in the extreme.
Of the rulers none could be more wicked than Wuyib. Having made his images of clay in the shape of human beings, dignified them with the name of gods, overcome them at gambling, and set them aside in disgrace, he then, in order to complete his folly, made leathern bags and filled them with blood and sent them up into the air, exclaiming, when bis arrows hit them and the blood poured down, I have shot heaven-i. e. I have killed the gods of heaven. Afterwards, when abroad hunting, he was suddenly overtaken by a storm and killed by a thunder-bolt. This is the first instance of idolatry recorded in Kang Kien ľ′ Chí.