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14. THE TSI DYNASTY.
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Siáu Tẩuching was the founder of the Tsí dynasty, which took its name from a dukedom of which Siáu was master.
The Tst ki, like the Sung, and like the Liang and Chin which follow it, was called Nán Pih, Southern and Northern, there being most of the time two distinct governments, one Tartar, the other Chinese, the former occupying the northern part of the country, and the latter the southern, and hence styled Northern and Southern dynasties.