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Chronology of the Chinese.

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4. 商恕 SHANG KE.

Names of the Sovereign.

Chingtang.

1. 成湯

2. 太甲

Taekeǎ.

3. 沃丁

Wuhting.

4. 太庚 Taekang.

Seaoukeǎ.

5. 小甲

6. 雍已

Yungke.

7. 太戊

8. 仲丁

Taemow.

Chungting.

9. 外王

Waejin.

河亶甲

11. 祖乙

Tsooyeih.

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13. 沃甲

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10. Hotankeă.

Toosin.

Wuhkeǎ.

TTsooting.

MARCH,

With cotemporary Chinese Events.

Seven years of great drought, 大早七年 ta han tseih nein. The emperor then 幬于桑 taou yu sang lin prayed in a grove of mulberries: he prayed,

saying 無以予 - 人之 不敏傷民之命 Woose

不敏伤岚

yu yeih jin che puh min, shang min che ming, do not, on account

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of the negligence of Ourself, de- stroy the lives of the people.

With regard to his own conduct. in six particulars he blamed him-

self, 言未已大雨 yen 20e

e, ta yu, his words were not end. ed, when the rain descended co- piously.

In the 25th year of the 16th cy- cle (B. c. 1713), # Yin-

E hung, E Yin died, loaded with honórs. "In ancient or modern times, no one has ever used power better than E Yin, nor any dis-

coursed of it better than Mencius."

This dynasty reigned 644 years, the throne being occupied in the meantime by twenty-eight sovereigns in succession.

The first emperor of this line is reputed to have been a very pious, deyout, discreet, and humane prince, distinguished by the worship and honor which he paid to Shang Te, the Supreme Ruler. In the chronological table before us, his name first appears B. c. 1783, seventeen years before he ascended the throne. He was a descendant of Hwang te, and saw with grief and indignation the abuses that pre- vailed at court and throughout the empire. Some of the ministers of state were beheaded, others fled, and found a safe retreat at his resi- dence. Among these, was the renowned E Yin. This minister

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