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233.	宇	文	周	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	the Chou dynasty of the Yü-wên family,
	Yü3	wên2	chou1
	Yü	wen	chou

Yü is composed of 冖 mien an obsolete word meaning cover as radical, with 于 yü (= 於 line 35) as phonetic. It means space, the empyrean, but is here part of the surname of the founder of the Northern Chou dynasty, A.D. 557—589.

Wên see line 44.

Chou see line 141.

234.	與	高	齊	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	with the Ch'i dynasty of the Kao family.
	Yü3	kao1	ch'i2
	With	kao	ch'i

Yü see line 87. [Eitel, to get out of his previous difficulty, here translates yü by "whilst," a sense which can never under any circumstances be yielded by this character.]

Kao is supposed to be the picture of a raised terrace, and its common meaning is high, elevated; but here it is the surname of the founder of the Northern Ch'i dynasty, A.D. 550—589.

Ch'i see line 227.

235.	逮	至	隋	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	At length, under the Sui dynasty,
	Tai4	chih4	sui2
	Reach	arrive	sui

Tai is composed of the walking radical, and an obsolete phonetic which is a picture of a hand catching hold of a tail, thus suggesting the idea of reaching. It is often written 迨.

Chih see line 94.

Sui, which is said to be a contraction of 隨 (line 254t), was originally composed of 肉 jou flesh as radical, with the contraction of an obsolete word meaning to destroy. It meant to tear or rend