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Appendix IV

Tsu is composed of 示 shih divine manifestation as radical, with 乍 (line 123) as phonetic.

Fei is composed of the obsolete radical 广 yen a shelter, with 發 (line 293) as phonetic. It originally meant a falling house.

254i.

Then T'ai Tsu arose,
T'ai4

tsu3

hsing1

Extreme

ancestor

arise

T'ai see line 254K.

Tsu see line 89.

Hsing see line 215.

254j.

his dynasty being known as Ta Ming.
Kuo2

ta4

ming2

State

great

bright

Kuo see line 155.

Ta see line 127.

Ming see line 110. [The famous founder of the Ming dynasty raised himself to the throne from the obscure position of a tender of cattle; hence he is sometimes spoken of as the Beggar King, and also as the Golden Youth. He was for a time a novice in a Buddhist temple, and altogether led a very chequered life.]

254k.

He took as his year-title Hung Wu,
Hao4

hung2

wu3

Style

vast

military

Hao see line 137.

Hung is composed of 水 shui water as radical, with 共 kung (line 100) as phonetic. It originally meant an inundation (line 187).

Wu see line 189.

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and fixed his capital at Chin-ling (Nanking).
Tu1

chin1

ling2

Capital

gold

tombs

Tu see line 230.

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