name taken by the rebel 李自成 Li Tzŭ-ch'eng, to whose sedition the fall of the Ming dynasty was mostly due.
254t. | 神 | 器 | 焚 | and the Imperial regalia were destroyed. | |
Shên2 | chi'i4 | fên2 | |||
Divine | utensil | burn |
Shên see line 325.
Ch'i see line 26.
Fên is composed of 火 huo fire as radical below 林 lin a forest (see 254r) as phonetic. [This line refers to the looting of the palace when Li Ch'uang captured and temporarily held Peking.]
254u. | 清 | 太 | 祖 | The founder of the Ch'ing or Pure dynasty | |
Ch'ing1 | t'ai4 | tsu3 | |||
Pure | extreme | ancestor |
Ch'ing is composed of 水 shui water as radical, with 青 ch'ing the colour of nature as phonetic. See line 84.
T'ai see 254K.
Tsu see line 89. [The T'ai Tsu in this line is the Manchu chieftain Nurhachu, A.D. 1559–1626, who was the real founder of the present dynasty, though he never mounted the throne.]
254v. | 應 | 景 | 命 | responded to the glorious summons; | |
Ying4 | ching3 | ming4 | |||
Respond | glorious | order |
Ying see line 64.
Ching is composed of 日 jih sun as radical, with 京 ching city as phonetic; q.d. the sun shining on a city.
Ming is composed of 口 k'ou mouth, its old radical, with 令 ling a command (see 271) as phonetic. It is also commonly used in the sense of destiny, as being the command or will of God.