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15. LIANG Ki.

Names of the Sovereigns.

1 it — Wú tí.

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2簡文 Kien wan.

X 3元帝Yuen ti.

4敬帝 King tí.

Coten porary Chinese Events.

twán ts'ien, short cash,

were interdicted by this emperor. The depreciation amounted to 10, and sometimes 20, and even 30, in a hundred.

The people began to sit with their legs hanging down," i. e. they used chairs!

Note. Budhism which had been discarded, again revived. The first emperor himself, when old, became a priest, and lived according to the rites of the order.

16. 陳紀 CHIN Kı.

Names of the Sovereigns.

$

Cotemporary Chinese Events.

1 à ä Kẩu tsú.

Cloth, paper, and iron money had

been sometime in vogue when,-

2 * Wáu tí.

鵝恨錢

- 3 廢帝 Fei ti.

4宣帝 Siven tí. 5後主 Hau chii.

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wú yen ts'ien, goose-

eyed money-now come into use. Pearl money was soon used in its stead.

nü hioh sz', make

their appearance.

i7. * Su Kr.

Names of Sovereigns.

1 高祖 Káu tsú.

2

Yang tí.

3 恭帝侑 Kung ti yin

4H là Khương tí tưởng

1恭帝伺

Cotemporary Chinese Events.

天下地震 tien hiú ti thin,

an earthquade throughout the

whole empire.

lung chau, an imperial

boat-burilt. This was 45 cubits

high, 200 long, having four sto- ries.

Yang Kien was the founder of the Sui dynasty. He was fond of power and extended his rule over the whole of the empire, uniting in

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