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 empire known as modern Kiangsu, over which 孫權 Sun Ch'üan ruled as first Emperor.

Chêng see.

Han see.

Ting is a picture of a bronze vessel with three legs and two handles, used for burning incense. It is here figuratively employed, just as throne is often used in English.

Hao see.

San see.

Kuo see. [The period covered by these rival Kingdoms was only about 45 years in all, yet it is one of the most famous in Chinese history and is the subject of a widely-known historical romance, based upon the tragedies enacted while the empire was thus torn by civil war.]

Ch'i is composed of the walking radical with 乞 ch'i to beg as phonetic. It is also read, and commonly means until. [Eitel has "Followed by the reigns of the Two Tsin" but there is no authority for such a rendering.]

Liang is composed of 一 i one, with an obsolete word meaning again as both radical and phonetic; i.e. one taken again = two.