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 name taken by the rebel 李自成 Li Tzŭ-ch'eng, to whose sedition the fall of the Ming dynasty was mostly due.

Shên see.

Ch'i see.

Fên is composed of 火 huo fire as radical below 林 lin a forest (see ) as phonetic. [This line refers to the looting of the palace when Li Ch'uang captured and temporarily held Peking.]

Ch'ing is composed of 水 shui water as radical, with 青 ch'ing the colour of nature as phonetic. See.

T'ai see.

Tsu see. [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.]

Ying see.

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 ) as phonetic. It is also commonly used in the sense of destiny, as being the command or will of God.