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Erh see.

Shih see.

Ch'uan see. [That is, there were twenty-one Emperors, the Empress who usurped the throne between A.D. 684—705 being excluded.]

San see.

Pai see.

Tsai see. [The T'ang dynasty lasted from A.D. 618 to 907.]

Liang see. [It here stands for the name of a State, the Prince of which, by name 朱温 Chu Wên, assassinated the last Emperor of the T'ang dynasty, and placed himself upon the throne, A.D. 907. Eitel wrongly regards Liang as the name of the dynasty mentioned in, thus, "Cheu Wen, the founder of the Heu Liang dynasty, destroyed it."]

Mieh is composed of a phonetic which originally meant to destroy by fire, the word 火 huo fire being present in it, and the radical 水 shui water, which seems to have been added to express the extinction of fire.

Chih see.