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11. TSIN K1.

Yuen tí.

2 明帝ing tí.

3

Ch'ing tí.,

4 康帝 Káng ti. 5穆帝 Muh tí. 6哀帝 Ngai tí. 7 帝奕 Ti yih.

wan.

8 簡文 Kien 9 孝武 Hiáuwú. Ngân tí.

10k

11 恭帝 Kung ti.

日夜出高三丈 the sun

in the night rose 80 cubits high; and again black spots were seen upon the disk. Other strange

phenomena were noticed, with many fearful signs. It was a dark age.

A stamp duty,

shroui

ki, on the sale of lands and houses said to have been introduced about the year 367;

"Children of concubines, priests, old women, and nurses" were the administrators of government.

Among the great men of the Hán dynasty there was a good deal of the heroic and chivalrous, especially in those leaders whose ac- tions are described in the History of the Three States. With all their