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25.NAN Sung Ki.
Name of the Sovereigns.
1 高宗 Káu tsung.
2 孝宗 Hiáu tsung.
3光宗 Kwáng tsung.
4 寧宗 Ning tsung.
理宗
5 Li tsung.
6度杂
6度宗 Tú tsung.
7 泰宗 Kung tsung.
8端宗 Twán tsung. 9 * j Tí Ping.
Cotemporary Chinese Events.
* = Chú-Hí, the able critic
and historian, known as Chú fü- tsz', flourished early in this reigu.
白虹貫日 a white rainbow
-een passing through the sun.
the heavens red
as blood.
蝗飛蔽天 lights of locusts
obscure the heavens.
An officer appointed by the em-
peror to reside at Canton as com- missioner of customs.
Gunpowder and fire-engines used. Morable characters, made of burnt clay and placed in a frame for printing.
26. 元紀 YUEN Kr.
Names of the Sovereigns.
Ch'ing tsung.
,世祖
Shí Tsú.
2成宗 3 it be
Wú tsung.
4 仁宗
Jin tsung.
5 英宗
Ying tsung.
7明宗
8X
文宗
9 順宗
6Taiting sí.
Ming tsung.
Wan tsung.
Shun tsung.
刃
Cotemporary Chinese Events.
Huhpihlich, or Ku-
lai, was the founder of this dy- lasty.
Foreign trade for a time inter- rupted at Canton.
枋得不食二十餘日
Fángteh lived more than
20 days without eating any food.
The Grand Canal.
周歲童子暴長四尺 許 a child one year old suddenly
grew to more than four cubits in height.
雨毛如線而綠 feathers
rained down like thread of a green color.
Kublai's life and actions-especially, his attention to the Poľo