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 defined as to rebel and seize, which sense is fairly deducible from the component parts.

Kuang see.

Wu see.

Hsing see. [Kuang Wu is the dynastic title of a descendant of Kao Tsu in the ninth degree, who destroyed Wang Mang the Usurper and placed himself upon the throne in A.D. 25. Here again Eitel wrongly renders hsing by victorious.]

Wei see.

Tung see.

Han see. [Under the former dynasty, now known as 西漢 hsi han the Western Han or as the 前漢 ch'ien han Earlier Han, the capital was at 長安 Ch'ang-an in Shensi. It was moved eastward to 洛陽 Lo-yang in Honan by Kuang Wu; hence the term Eastern. This dynasty is also known as 後漢 hou han the Later Han, a name subsequently bestowed upon one of the Five Dynasties mentioned in lines —.]

Ssŭ see.

Pai see.

Nien was originally written with 禾 ho grain as radical above