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4. 商貎 SHANG Kı.
Chingtáng.
Táikáng.
Names of the Sovereign.
1. fit th
2. 太甲
Paikith.
3. 沃丁
Wuhting.
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4. 太庚
5. 小甲
6. 雍己
Yungkí.
7. 太戊
Táimau.
8. 仲丁
9. 外主
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Siáoukiáh.
Chungting.
Wáijin.
10. 河亶曱 Hotánkiáh.
11. 祖乙
12. 祖辛 13.沃甲 14. 祖丁
Taúyik.
Tsúsin.
Wuhkiáh.
Tsúting.
Cotemporary Chinese Events.
Seven years of great drought, ★ 旱七年 ✈t tá hún ts'ik nien.
The emperor then 疇于桑林 táu vũ sáng lin prayed in a grove of mulberries: he prayed, saying t 以予一人之不敏傷民 Wú, í yũ yih jin chi puh
mìn, sháng min chí ming, do not, on
account of the negligence of Ourself,
destroy the lives of the people.
With regard to his own conduct in six particulars he blamed himself,
言未已大雨 yen wi e, tá yù,
his words were not ended, when the rain descended copiously.
In the 25th year of the 16th cy- cle (B. c. 1713), PPI Yin hung, I Yin died, loaded with ho- nors. In ancient or modern times, no one has ever used power better than I' Yių, nor any discoursed of it better than Mencius.”
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This dynasty reigned 644 years, the throne being occupied in the meantime by twenty-eight sovereigns in succession.
The first emperor of this line is reputed to have been a very pious, devout, discreet, and humane prince, distinguished by the worship and honor which he paid to Sháng Tỉ, the Supreme Ruler. In the chronological table before us, his name first appears B. c. 1783, seventeen years before he ascended the throne. He was a descendent of Hwáng tí, and saw with grief and indignation the abuses that pre- vailed at court and throughout the empire. Some of the ministers of state were beheaded, others fled, and found a safe retreat at his resi- dence. Among these, was the renowned I' Yin. This minister
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