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25.NAN Sung Ki.

Name of the Sovereigns.

1 高宗 Káu tsung.

2 孝宗 Hiáu tsung.

3光宗 Kwáng tsung.

4 寧宗 Ning tsung.

理宗

5 Li tsung.

6度杂

6度宗 Tú tsung.

7 泰宗 Kung tsung.

8端宗 Twán tsung. 9 * j Tí Ping.

Cotemporary Chinese Events.

* = Chú-Hí, the able critic

and historian, known as Chú fü- tsz', flourished early in this reigu.

白虹貫日 a white rainbow

-een passing through the sun.

the heavens red

as blood.

蝗飛蔽天 lights of locusts

obscure the heavens.

An officer appointed by the em-

peror to reside at Canton as com- missioner of customs.

Gunpowder and fire-engines used. Morable characters, made of burnt clay and placed in a frame for printing.

26. 元紀 YUEN Kr.

Names of the Sovereigns.

Ch'ing tsung.

,世祖

Shí Tsú.

2成宗 3 it be

Wú tsung.

4 仁宗

Jin tsung.

5 英宗

Ying tsung.

7明宗

8X

文宗

9 順宗

6Taiting sí.

Ming tsung.

Wan tsung.

Shun tsung.

刃

Cotemporary Chinese Events.

Huhpihlich, or Ku-

lai, was the founder of this dy- lasty.

Foreign trade for a time inter- rupted at Canton.

枋得不食二十餘日

Fángteh lived more than

20 days without eating any food.

The Grand Canal.

周歲童子暴長四尺 許 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 Poľo