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5. CHAU Kı.
Nagnes of the Sovereigns.
1. it E Wú wáng.
2.
E Ch'ing wáng.
8. H + King wáng.
4. 昭王 Cháu wáng. 5. 穆王 Muh wáng.
6. # Kung wáng.
7. 懿王ľ wáng.
8. 孝王 Hiáu wáng.
9. ZI wáng.
10. 厲王 Lí wáng.
11.
Siuen wáng.
12. kì £ Yú wáng.
13.
Ping wáng.
14. ū – Hwán wáng.
15. #k E Chwáng wáng
16. 釐王 Lí wáng.
17. | Ẽ Hwui wáng.
惠王
Cotemporary Chinese Events.
With this line of emperors, posthumous titles commenced; and from their being inscribed on tabl- ets deposited in temples, they were called miáu háu, or temple titles. That of Wú wáng is thus explained, 諡法克定禍亂 Eshi fah kih ting ho lưán, yueh wú, according to the rules for
posthumous titles one able to settle the calamitous disorders is called {martial.
周公作指南車 Chau
kung tsoh chí nan ché, the duke of Chau made the compass, about 1112.
▲ má fá jin, a horse
transformed into a man.
川竭山崩 chuem ki, shan
pang, rivers became dry and moun- tains fell.
星隕如雨 sing yun ju yin
stars fell like rain.
(Falling rocks and stars appear
to have been very frequent in these early times.)
Amidst all the cruel and shameful abominations that marked the close of the Sháng dynasty, a few able and virtuous men were con- spicuous; among these, the members of the Chau family were chief. Wan wang 'the king of letters,' or civil king as he has sometimes been called,-was born about the year 1231 B. C. and in the reign of T'aiting was raised to the rank of prime minister. He was a ta-
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