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he had been a novice in a Buddhist temple. He is generally known by the title of his reign as 洪武 Hung Wu.]


254L. was for a long time engaged in warfare.
Chiu3 ch'in1 shih1
Long personal soldier


Chiu see line 202.

Ch'in see line 31.

Shih see line 20. [He was fighting for some twenty years before he mounted the throne.]


254M. He had transmitted the throne to Chien Wên
Ch'uan2 chien4 wên2
Transmit chien wên


Ch'uan see line 163.

Chien see line 216.

Wên see line 44. [ Chien Wên was the title of the reign of the second Emperor of the Ming dynasty, who was grandson of the first and who came to the throne in A.D. 1399.]


254N. only four years,
Fang1 ssŭ4 ssŭ4
Only four year


Fang see line 14.

Ssŭ see title.

Ssŭ means to sacrifice; hence, probably in reference to the great annual sacrifices, it comes to mean a year. [That is to say, the second Emperor sat on the throne only four years with his capital at Nanking.]


254O. when the capital was transferred to Peking,
Ch'ien1 pei3 ching1
Remove north capital


Ch'ien see line 6.

Pei see line 61.