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Portraits of the Three Sovereigns

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3. Jin hwang shí, evidently more brute than human,

人皇氏 existed during nine generations, filling a period of 45,600 years. Un- der this long administration, the race of mortals was made to assume a somewhat rational and civilized state, and government was introduc-

ed with its ordinary accompaniments.

Professor Kidd, in his work on China, considers these three sove- reigns as three dynasties: the first was heaven's dynasty; the second, carth's dynasty; and the third man's dynasty; that is the imperial families of heaven, earth, and man.

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