254I.	幷	中	國	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	It united the Middle Kingdom,
	Ping4	chung1	kuo2
	Unite	middle	nation

Ping see line 212.

Chung see line 64.

Kuo see line 155. [Under the Mongol sway there was once more a united China.]

254J.	兼	戎	翟	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	and attached to the empire the tribes of the north and west.
	Chien1	jung2	ti3
	Unite	jung	ti

Chien is composed of 手 shou a hand holding two 禾 ho ears of grain. The latter combination was formerly its radical; it is now classed under radical 八 pa (line 88).

Jung is composed of 戈 ko spear as radical, and a contraction or corruption of 甲 chia a cuirass. It is a general term for weapons, but here refers to a race of barbarians.

Ti is composed of 羽 yü feathers as radical and 隹 chui birds. It means a kind of pheasant, feathers, etc., but here refers to a race of barbarians. Also read tsê, and in Peking chai.

254K.	明	太	祖	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	The founder of the Ming dynasty
	Ming2	t'ai4	tsu3
	Ming	extreme	ancestor

Ming see lines 110, line 254ε.

T'ai was originally an old form of 大 ta great. The dot was added in order to distinguish between the two after the reduction of their old forms into one and the same symbol. Also written 泰. It is here the equivalent of 高 kao in line 215.

Tsu see line 215. [The monarch in question was named 朱元章 Chu Yüan-chang. Before he succeeded in destroying the Mongol power and raising himself in A.D. 1368 to the throne