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APPENDIX V.
[Another version of the interpolated lines. Author unknown.]
254a. | 遼 | 金 | 元 | The Liao, Chin, and Yüan dynasties | |
Liao2 | chin1 | yüan2 | |||
Liao | chin | yüan |
Liao see line 254A.
Chin see line 66.
254b. | 爭 | 宋 | 鼎 | fought for the empire of the Sungs; | |
Chêng1 | sung1 | ting3 | |||
Contend | sung | tripod |
Chêng see line 214.
Sung see line 227.
Ting is a picture of a two-handled tripod, the first specimen of which was cast in gold by the Great Yü (line 187) and was used by him to keep off hobgoblins during his engineering labours in the wilds. The word came to be used as a symbol of Imperial power.
254c. | 天 | 運 | 環 | and so time went on | |
T'ien1 | yün4 | huan2 | |||
Heaven | revolve | ring |
T'ien see line 50.
Yün see line 60.