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Appendix V
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254δ. | 十 | 四 | 君 | fourteen rulers in all. | |
Shih2 | ssǔ4 | chün1 | |||
Ten | four | prince |
Shih see line 45.
Ssǔ see title.
Chün see line 54. [This list of fourteen Emperors includes Genghis Khan who never actually mounted the throne, and excludes Achakpa.]
254ε. | 大 | 明 | 興 | Then the Great Ming dynasty arose, | |
Ta4 | ming2 | hsing1 | |||
Great | ming | rise |
Ta see line 127. [The use of this word is said to show that the writer was born under the dynasty, but see line 254j.]
Hsing see line 215.
254ζ. | 逐 | 元 | 帝 | drove out the Mongol Emperor, | |
Chu2 | yüan2 | ti4 | |||
Expel | yuan | ruler |
Chu is composed of the walking radical and 豕 shih a pig (lines 78, 192), the latter said to be here a contraction of 豚 t'un a pigling. Hence its primary meaning to follow, derived from the idea of a pigling running away and the big pig running after it.
Ti see line 180.
254η. | 統 | 華 | 夷 | bringing Chinese and barbarians alike under its sway;— | |
T'ung2 | hua2 | i2 | |||
Control | flowery | barbarian |
T'ung see line 238.
Hua is composed of 艸 ts'ao vegetation as radical, with an obsolete