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When Kokusenya and his parents arrived in China, they found that the Tartars had completely taken possession of the Empire. They were unable to find out what had become of the old friends of Tei Shiryō, and no one could tell them whether General Go Sankei was living or dead. They were therefore greatly at a loss how to begin their undertaking, and how and from where they could gather together the few remaining adherents to the Ming dynasty. After a great deal of delay and consultation, they made up their minds to ask Kanki, a Chinese potentate, to help them. In former days, when Tei Shiryō had lived in China, he had had a Chinese wife who had died, leaving him an infant daughter. When he had crossed over to Japan, he had left the baby in charge of a nurse. He was intensely delighted to hear that his daughter had grown up safely, and was now the wife of General Kanki, who was the lord of a province, and owned a large castle. Kanki had formerly been one of the Emperor Shisō's retainers, but he
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