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Chronology of the Chinese.
MARCH,
5. CHOW Kɛ.
Names of the Sovereigns.
1. it Woo wang.
武王
2. 成王 Ching wang.
3. E Kang wang.
康王
4. E Chaou wang.
昭王
5. Mo wang.
穆王
6.
Kung wang.
7. 懿王E wang.
8. Heaou wang.
孝王
9. 夷王E wang.
10. Le wang.
厲王
11. Seuen wang.
宣王
12. Yew wang.
幽王
13.
Ping wang.
14. 桓王 Hwan wang
·
15.
Chwang wang.
16.
釐王
Le wang.
17. Hwuy wang.
惠王!
Cotemporary Chinese Events.
With this line of emperors, posthumous titles commenced; and from their being inscribed on tablets deposited in temples,
they were called廟號
haou, or temple titles.
meaou
That of
Woo wang is thus explained, 諡法克定禍亂曰武 she få, keih ting ho hoan, yuě woo, according to the rules for pos- thumous titles, one able to settle the calamitous disorders is called martial.
周公作指南車 Choo
kung tso che nan chay, the duke of Chow made the compass, about 1112.
馬化人 ma fa jin, a horse
transformed into a man.
川竭山崩 chuen keè, shan
păng, rivers became dry and
mountains fell.
星隕如雨 sing yun joo yu.
stars fell like rain.
(Falling rocks and stars appear
to have been very frequent in these early times.)
Amidst all the cruel and shameful abominations that marked the close of the Shang dynasty, a few able and virtuous men were con spicuous; among these, the members of the Chow family were chief. Wăn wang 'the king of letters,' or civil king as he has sometimes been called, was born about the year 1231 B. C., and in the reign of Taeting was raised to the rank of prime minister. He was a ta-
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