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A.D. 264. 64th year.[1] Kusyu, King of Pèkché, died, and his son Chhim-nyu was set up as king.

A.D. 265. 65th year. King Chhim-nyu of Pèkché[2] died. His son Ahwa was a child, and his father's younger brother, Sinsă, by usurpation was set up and made king.[3]

A.D. 266. 66th year.

This year was the second year of the period T'ai She of the Emperor Wu Ti of the Tsin Dynasty. K'i Kü-chu of Tsin says:—"In the 10th month of the 2nd year of the period T'ai-she of Wu Ti, the Queen of Wa sent interpreters with tribute."

A.D. 269. 69th year, Summer, 4th month, 17th day. The Grand Empress died in the Palace of Waka-zakura at the age of 100.

Winter, 10th month, 17th day. She was buried in the misasagi of Tatanami in Saki. On this day, by way of posthumous honour to the Grand Empress, she was called Okinaga Tarashi-hime no Mikoto.

This year was the year Tsuchinoto Ushi (26th) of the Cycle.

  1. The "Tongkam" has A.D. 384.
  2. This is mentioned almost in the same words by the "Tongkam" under date A.D. 385—just two cycles later.
  3. The narrative from p. 246 down to this point contains a solid nucleus of fact. There can be no doubt that Japan at an early period formed an alliance with Pèkché and laid the foundation of a controlling power over the territory known as Imna or Mimana which lasted for several centuries. But the Japanese chronology cannot be right. See "Early Japanese History," p. 62.