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Chronology of the Chinese.

25. 南宋紀 NAN Sune Ke.

MARCH,

Cotemporary Chinese Events.

Names of the Sovereigns.

1高宗 Kaou tsung.

朱熹

2孝宗 Heaou tsung.

3光宗 Kwang tsung.

4 寧宗 Ning tsung.

5

理宗

Le tsung.

6 Too tsung.

6度宗

7恭宗 Kung tsung.

8端宗 Twan tsung.

9帝昞 Te Ping.

Choo He, the able critic

and historian, known as Choo foo- tsze, flourished early in this reign. 白虹貫日 a white rain-

bow seen passing through the sun.

天赤如血 the heavens red

as blood.

蝗飛蔽天 flights of locusts

obscure the heavens.

An officer appointed by the

emperor to reside at Canton as commissioner of customs.

Gunpowder and fire-engines used. Movable characters, made of

burnt clay and placed in a frame for printing.

26. YUEN Ke.

元紀

Names of the Sovereigns.

Ching tsung.

1世祖

She Tsoo.

2成宗

3 武宗

Woo tsung.

4 仁宗 5英宗

Ying tsung.

Jin tsung.

6泰定帝 Taeting te.

7

Ming tsung.

8交宗 9順宗

Wăn tsung.

Shun, tsung.

With cotemporary Chinese Events.

25 Hwuhpeihleě, or Ku-

blai, was the founder of this dy- nasty.

Foreign trade for a time inter- rupted at Canton.

枋得不食二十餘日 Fangtih lived more than

20 days without eating any food.

The Grand Canal.

周歲童子暴長四尺

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 Pala

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