254δ.	十	四	君	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	fourteen rulers in all.
	Shih2	ssǔ4	chün1
	Ten	four	prince

Shih see line 45.

Ssǔ see title.

Chün see line 54. [This list of fourteen Emperors includes Genghis Khan who never actually mounted the throne, and excludes Achakpa.]

254ε.	大	明	興	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	Then the Great Ming dynasty arose,
	Ta4	ming2	hsing1
	Great	ming	rise

Ta see line 127. [The use of this word is said to show that the writer was born under the dynasty, but see line 254j.]

Ming see lines 110, 254K.

Hsing see line 215.

254ζ.	逐	元	帝	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	drove out the Mongol Emperor,
	Chu2	yüan2	ti4
	Expel	yuan	ruler

Chu is composed of the walking radical and 豕 shih a pig (lines 78, 192), the latter said to be here a contraction of 豚 t'un a pigling. Hence its primary meaning to follow, derived from the idea of a pigling running away and the big pig running after it.

Yüan see lines 94, 254E.

Ti see line 180.

254η.	統	華	夷	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	bringing Chinese and barbarians alike under its sway;—
	T'ung2	hua2	i2
	Control	flowery	barbarian

T'ung see line 238.

Hua is composed of 艸 ts'ao vegetation as radical, with an obsolete