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meat, and was pronounced t'o³ (line 20). It is now classed under 阜 fou a mound (line 228), and is the name of a dynasty founded A.D. 589.

236.	一	土	宇	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	the empire was united under one ruler.
	I¹	t'u³	yü³
	One	earth	sky

I see line 45.

T'u see line 66.

Yü see line 233. [Eitel says the Sui dynasty "united in one the central lands as well as the borders." There is no authority for this violence done to t'u yü, which simply means territory, i.e. the empire.]

237.	不	再	傳	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	The throne was not transmitted twice,
	Pu¹	tsai⁴	ch'uan²
	Not	twice	transmit

Pu see line 5.

Tsai is composed of 一 i one, and a contraction of 冓 kou which is said to be a picture of mutually handing over in exchange, out of which some idea of two, second, etc., has been "chiselled." It is now classed under an obsolete radical 冂 meaning waste land on the very outskirts of the known world. [The line means that the dynasty ended with its second Emperor.]

Ch'uan see line 163.

238.	失	統	緒	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	succession to power being lost.
	Shih¹	t'ung³	hsü⁴
	Lose	control	clue

Shih was origin ally composed of 手 shou hand as radical, with 乙 i a cyclical character as phonetic, and meant to relax, to let go; hence the modern signification. It is now classed under radical 大 ta great.