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APPENDIX VI.
[These eight lines were inserted by some unknown writer of the Ming dynasty.]
254α. | 胡 | 元 | 盛 | Then the bearded Yüans waxed powerful, | |
Hu2 | yüan2 | shêng4 | |||
Beard | yüan | prosperous |
Hu is composed of 肉 jou flesh as radical and 古 ku ancient (line 261) as phonetic. It originally meant dewlap, and having the same sound as the common word for beard, was applied contemptuously to the large beards of the Mongols.
Shêng see line 186.
254β. | 滅 | 遼 | 金 | and destroyed the Liao and Chin dynasties. | |
Mieh4 | liao2 | chin1 | |||
Destroy | liao | chin |
Mien see line 245.
Liao see line 254A.
Chin see line 254A.
254γ. | 承 | 宋 | 統 | They took over the sceptre of the Sungs, | |
Ch'êng2 | sung4 | tung3 | |||
Receive | sung | clue |
Ch'êng see line 228.
Sung see line 227.
T'ung see line 238.