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Appendix IV

Tsu is composed of 示 shih divine manifestation as radical, with 乍 (line 123) as phonetic.

Fei is composed of the obsolete radical 广 yen a shelter, with 發 (line 293) as phonetic. It originally meant a falling house.

254i.	太	祖	興	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	Then T'ai Tsu arose,
	T'ai⁴	tsu³	hsing¹
	Extreme	ancestor	arise

T'ai see line 254K.

Tsu see line 89.

Hsing see line 215.

254j.	國	大	明	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	his dynasty being known as Ta Ming.
	Kuo²	ta⁴	ming²
	State	great	bright

Kuo see line 155.

Ta see line 127.

Ming see line 110. [The famous founder of the Ming dynasty raised himself to the throne from the obscure position of a tender of cattle; hence he is sometimes spoken of as the Beggar King, and also as the Golden Youth. He was for a time a novice in a Buddhist temple, and altogether led a very chequered life.]

254k.	號	洪	武	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	He took as his year-title Hung Wu,
	Hao⁴	hung²	wu³
	Style	vast	military

Hao see line 137.

Hung is composed of 水 shui water as radical, with 共 kung (line 100) as phonetic. It originally meant an inundation (line 187).

Wu see line 189.

254l.	都	金	陵	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	and fixed his capital at Chin-ling (Nanking).
	Tu¹	chin¹	ling²
	Capital	gold	tombs

Tu see line 230.