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15. LIANG Ki.
Names of the Sovereigns.
1 it — Wú tí.
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2簡文 Kien wan.
X 3元帝Yuen ti.
4敬帝 King tí.
Coten porary Chinese Events.
twán ts'ien, short cash,
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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. 陳紀 CHIN Kı.
Names of the Sovereigns.
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Cotemporary Chinese Events.
1 à ä Kẩu tsú.
Cloth, paper, and iron money had
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been sometime in vogue when,-
2 * Wáu tí.
鵝恨錢
- 3 廢帝 Fei ti.
4宣帝 Siven tí. 5後主 Hau chii.
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wú yen ts'ien, goose-
eyed money-now come into use. Pearl money was soon used in its stead.
nü hioh sz', make
their appearance.
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Names of Sovereigns.
1 高祖 Káu tsú.
2
Yang tí.
3 恭帝侑 Kung ti yin
4H là Khương tí tưởng
1恭帝伺
Cotemporary Chinese Events.
天下地震 tien hiú ti thin,
an earthquade throughout the
whole empire.
lung chau, an imperial
boat-burilt. This was 45 cubits
high, 200 long, having four sto- ries.
Yang Kien was the founder of the Sui dynasty. He was fond of power and extended his rule over the whole of the empire, uniting in