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Appendix V
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254δ. 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. 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.]

Ming see lines 110, 254K.

Hsing see line 215.


254ζ. 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.

Yüan see lines 94, 254E.

Ti see line 180.


254η. 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