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

224.	爭	漢	鼎	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	fought for the sovereignty of the Hans.
	Chêng1	han4	ting3
	Contend	han	tripod

Chêng see line 214.

Han see line 214.

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.

225.	號	三	國	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	They were called the Three Kingdoms,
	Hao4	san1	kuo2
	Name	three	kingdom

Hao see line 137.

San see title.

Kuo see line 155. [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.]

226.	迄	兩	晉	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	and existed until the Two Chin dynasties.
	Ch'i3	liang3	chin4
	Reach	two	chin

Ch'i is composed of the walking radical with 乞 ch'i to beg as phonetic. It is also read hsi³, 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.