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5. CHAU KI (Continued).
Kwang wáng.
Cotemporary Chinese Events.
yun, stones fell from
heaven; these were probably me-
teoric stones.
Chun Ts'iú, or Spring and
Autumn Annals, written by Con- fucius, and by some called the his- tory of his own times, extend through
period 242 years.
Names of the Sovereigns.
18襄王 Siáng wáng.
石隕 Shih
19 Lê Ł
* King wáng.
ảo L Í
20 E E
21 定王
Ting wáng.
22 簡王
Kien wáng.
23 王
Ling wáng.
24 景王 25 敬王
King wáng.
King wáng.
26 元王
Yuen wing.
a
ff
Kung832 sáng, Con
fucius bern the 21st year of Ling wáng (B. c. 510) the 11th month, 21st day. He was a native of the state of Lú, now a part of Shán- tung province.
27 真定王 Chingting wang 老子 Láutsz' or 老君 Lâu-
28 考王 Kdù wáng.
29 Weilich wáng.
威烈王W
kian, the founder of the
táu sz', or sect of Rationalists, was
cotemporary with Confucius.
30 安王
Ngán wáng.
31 烈王
Lieh wang.
32 顯主
Hien wáng.
33 慎靚王 Chintsing wáng. Mencius or 孟子 Mung tsz' four-
34 jk E Nán wáng.
35 東周君 Tungchau wáng.|
ished.
His son, Wú wáng, 'the martial king,' is represented as able, and pious one who acknowledged the Supreme Ruler, to whom he of- fered prayers and sacrified. His brother, known as Chau kung, or
the duke of Chau, is also ranked among the worthies of antiquity. The words and actions of these great men are recorded in the Shứ King, or Book of Records.