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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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