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died on the Coal Hill.
Mei2

shan1

shih4

Coal

hill

pass

Mei is composed of 火 huo fire as radical and 某 (line 43) as phonetic. It means soot, and is also used for charcoal.

Shan see line 13.

Shih is composed of the walking radical with 折 shê (line 145) as phonetic, and means to go, to pass away. [Ch'ung Chêng, after the capture of Peking by rebels, committed suicide on a hill said to be of coal which stands within the precincts of the Imperial palace, A.D. 1644. The rebels were driven out by the Manchus, and the present dynasty was established.]


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