1841.
Reign.
A.D.
Chronology of the Chinese..
13. THE Northern Sung Dynasty.
Year of Cycle.
3420 50:57
Cotemporary Events.
·
145
The kingdom of the French begins on the lower Rhine.
The Romans take leave of Britain, and never return, 426.
51:01 The Saxons settle in Britain; Attila, king of the Huns, ravages Europe, about 51:31 449.
No.
1
2 1
423
50: 60
3 30
424
4
10
454
5
1
6
8
465
7
4
473
8
2 477
46451:41
51:42 The paschal cycle of 532 years invented
by Victorius, 463.
51:50 The western empire is destroyed by the king of the Heruli, who assumes the title 51:54 of king of Italy, 476.
Note. The founder of this line (the Sung, or Northern and Southern dynas- ties) was Lew Yu.
14. THE TSE DYNASTY.
Year
Cotemporary Events.
51:56 Constantinople partly destroyed by an earthquake, which lasted 40 days at in-
483 51: 60 tervals, 480.
No.
Reign.
A. D.
of Cycle.
1
479
2
11
3
5
494
4
2 499
5
1
501
Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths, con-
52:11 quers Italy, 493,
52 16 Christianity embraced in France by the
baptism of Clovis, 496. 52:18
Seaou Taouching was the founder of the Tse dynasty, which took its name from a dukedom of which Seaou was master.
The Tse ke, like the Sung, and like the Leäng and Chin which follow it, was called Nan 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.
芦
VOL. X. NO. III.
19
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.