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9 德宗

Chronology of the Chinese.

18. 唐紀 TANG Kz.

Names of the Sovereigns.

1 高祖

Kaou 'tsoo.

2 太宗

Tae tsung.

3 高宗

Kaou tsung.

4 中宗

Chung tsung.

5 睿宗

Juy tsung.

6 玄宗

Heuen tsung.

7肅宗 8代宗

Suh tsung.

Tae tsung.

Tih tsung.

10 順宗

Shun tsung.

Heën tsung.

Múh tsung.

King tsung.

14 文宗

Wăn tsung.

15

武宗

16 宣宗

!..

17 懿宗 18 僖宗

He tsung.

ļ

11

1 憲宗

12 穆宗 13 敬宗

Woo tsuug.

Seuen tsung.

E tsung.

Chaou tsung.

19 昭宗 20昭宣帝 Chaouseven te.

MARCH,

With cotemporary Chinese Events..

in D là cung pao (seên, the

copper coin, now current, first comes into use.

The Nestorians enter China about this time, when the empress Woo Tseihteën lived.

And books began to be bound;

previously scrolls only were used.

梨園弟子 theatricals com-

mence.

考試

kaou she, the literary ex-

aminations-instituted about this

time.

帝聞空中神語 the em-

peror heard in the fimament di vine words.

初稅茶 choo shuy cha, an

impost on tea began in the 9th year of Tih tsung.

The feast of lanterns comes in-

to vogue.

Heën tsung brought one of the

fingers of Budha in procession to his capital.

服金丹而崩 The emper-

or Mŭh, a devotee of the Ration-

alists' school, fuh kin tan urh

pång, swallowed the philosopher's

stone and died.

無憂城 woo yew ching, a

city without sorrow.

Eunuchs exercise great influ-

ence in the affairs of state.

The emperor Chaou commanded

one of his prisoners to be

keu che, sawn asunder.

Le Yuen, of the house of Leäng, was the founder of this dynasty, which is second to none except perhaps that of Han. During this