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198 KITAK. thereupon committed suicide. In 532, Towling's son, Dungjoo,, and other leaders with all their men, fled for protection to the newly-erected northern Chinese kingdom of Chi (Tsi), which had assumed, in Shantung, the power lately possessed by Wei ; thus quickly did dynasty succeed dynasty. Tiedai, the second son of Dungjoo, was elected Kokhan by those who remained in their own land. But he was not a year on the throne, ere the Towyan mur- dered him, placing on the throne his father, who, along with one Eooti, had been shortly before escorted to his own country by ChL Another chief, Afti, murdered Dungjoo, and Eooti was elected. The once terrible Yowyan were thus dwindling down from internal decay, when Kitan began to venture, on its own account, into the territories of Chi, though the latter power had still, in unabated vigour, the energy which every new dynasty displays in China. Eitan had probably received large aceessions from the dying Yowyan, and thus believed itself able to deal a blow. The kingdom of Chi followed the example of that of Wei in paying special attention to its northern borders, — ^for the north being defended against those restless nomads, the other parts of the kingdom were easily defended ; while if the north fell, no power could save the kingdom. The first care of Chi, therefore, was to place powerful garrisons fix)m Looloong* gwan to Jwundoo gwan ; Tan, commandant of Yowchow, occupying Loonggwan. The Lord of Chi then combined the armies of Yicbow, Tingchow, Yowchow, and Anchow,*!* at Pingchow, and marched westwards through Looloong pass, determined to chastise the bold Eitan plunderers. He sent 5000 picked horse by the east road to Chingshan:^ passing Bailang chung and Chang-Ii. Another • " Looloong Ib in Feiyoo hien of ii(w«,»— " 200 K N. W. of Looloong Wen of Pingchow." *' N. 15 1% from Ghangping hien of Yowchow is Jwundoojing ; N. W. of which, 35 li, is Nakwnngwan, the former Jwnndoogwan." Tcmg Bittory; are these the Pfuases Kalgan and Sifungkow ? Looloong is still so named. t All the chief cities of modem Chihli. ^Chingshan was near Kingchow. (Map IL )