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CHINA. 





A.IX9UC 



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Massacre 



o! eunuch;. 



partirrnti of the women, where the did not survive her 



dcpofit m many months. Under the succeeding sove- 



.-, tlie empire wai frequently thrown 



r grrtet confusion by the incursions of the Tar- 

 tar", and the strnggfei of the tributary princes. The in. 



ol the eunuchs also, increased to such a degree, 

 that, l.ke the prttorian bamla of Rome, they frequently 

 the empire at their pleasure. In the ; 



QO tsong, a wise and valiant prince, their inso. 

 lence- became o intolerable, that the emperor entered in- 

 to a plan with his counsellors to abolish their power for 

 ever ; but the eunuchs, having been apprised of the de- 

 signs forming against their interests, came suddenly upon 

 their sovereign with a band of soldiers, -and hurried him 

 into a remote apartment of the palace, where he was left 

 under a strong guard, with only a hole in the wall for 

 the conveyance of hii food. By the courage of his prime 



r, however, he was rescued from the hands of the 

 rebels ; and, having invited to his assistance a captain of 

 banditti, named Khoo-vcn, issued an order for extirpa- 

 ting the whole class of eunuch*, except thirty of the 

 youngest, to be reserved for the most servile offices of 

 the palace. His commission was faithfully executed by 

 Shoo-ven ; and many hundreds of them were put to the 

 sword. The executioner, however, as if inspired with 

 the ambitious spirit of those whom he had slain, murder. 

 ed first the faithful prime minister, and afterwards th* 

 emperor himself ; hut permitted his son Tchao-siuen-tsonij 

 to reign for two years, when he assumed the sovereignty, 

 and, under the name of Tay-tsoo, founded 



The Fourteenth Imperial 

 Dynasty. 



HEOO LEANG. 



Tartan. 

 KEETAN, or L.EAO. 



Fourteenth Tay tsoo 



dvnaty, 



907 



power. 



Tay-tsoo 907 



Mo' tee 913 Tav-tsong 927 



During this, and the four following petty dynasties, 

 ar * war ''k- c Tartar nation, who inhabited the country, now 

 called Leao long, established a powerful empire in the 

 northern part of China, and proved very formidable 

 neighbours to the Chinese princes. Mo-tee was de- 

 throned by Tchoang-tseng, the son of the celebrated 

 one-eyed general Li-ke-yong, who had received the prin- 

 cipality of Tsin, on account of his eminent services in the 

 reign of Hee-tsong ; and by him was founded 



Fifteenth 

 drnawy. 



The Fifteenth Imperial 

 Dynasty. 



HEOO-TAXU. 

 Tchoang-tsong .... 923 



Ming-tsong 926 



Mm tee 934 



Loo-tee 934 



Tartars. 



Tay- tsong, continued. 

 Tay-tsong, continued. 



Exclusion 



Ming-tsong, though originally a foreigner, and only 

 adopted into the Imperial family, was a truly excellent 

 and pious prince ; and was the author of a useful regu- 



lation, which excluded all eunuchs from public cmploy- 

 of euDucuj. TT- i mi- 11 i 



ments. Hu eon in law, Shc-king-tang, by the assistance 



of the Tartars of Leao-tong, deprived Min-tee of his 

 crown and life ; dethroned his successor Loo-tee, and, 

 under the name of Kao-tsoo, founded 



The Sixteenth Imperial 

 Dynasty. 



HEOO- i 



Kao-tsoo ........ 936 



Tchoo-tce ....... 94* 



Tartars. 



Tay-tsong, continued. 



During this dynasty, the Tartars of I.eao-tonjj acqui- 

 red the greater part of the province of Pe-tche-Tce, and v ~"" 



lied Kao-tsoo to send them an annual . 

 tion of 300,000 pieces of silk. By their assistance also, 

 Licu-shi -etien, the general of Tchoo-tee's army, took 

 possession of the throne ; and, under the name also of Tartar*. 

 Kao-tsoo, founded 



The Seventeenth Imperial 



Dynatly. Tartars. 



HEOO-HAN. 



Kao-tsoo 947 Shee-tsorg . . . 



Yn-tee 9IS 



Sian-yn-kong '. 



945 Seven- 



:itu Jy 

 naity. 



The short period of this dynasty was a continued 

 struggle against the power of the encroaching Tartars ) War with 

 and it was while the forces of Yn-tee were engaged in tllc Tu - 

 resisting their progress, that the eunuchs excited a scdi- tar *" 

 tion, in which the emperor was slain. In the meantime, 

 he was succeeded by his brother ; but the imperial ge- 

 neral Ko-hcy, returning victorious from his expedition 

 against the Tartars, was proclaimed emperor by the 

 army ; and, under the name of Tay-tsoo, founded 



The Eighteenth Imperial 



Dynasty. Tartars. 



HEOO-TCHCOO. 



Tay-tsoo 951 Moo-tsong 953 Eighteenth 



Shee-tsong 954 dyuatty. 



Kong-tee 959 



As Kong-tee was only seven years of age at the death 

 of his father, his guardian and prime minister, Tcliao- 

 quang yu, who had rendered eminent services to the 

 state, was invested by the grandees with the imperial 

 dignity, and, under the name of Tay-tsoo, founded 





The Nineteenth Imperial 

 Dynasty. 



Tartars. 



Tay-tsoo . . 

 Tay-tsong . . 

 Tcning-tsong 

 Gin-tsong . . 

 Yn-lsong . . . 

 Shing-tsong . 

 Tche-tsong . . 

 Hoey-tsong . 

 Kin-tsong . . 

 Kao-tsong . . 

 Hiao-tsong . . 

 Kuang-tsong . 

 Ning-tsong . . 

 Lee-tsong . . 

 Too-tsong . . 

 Tee-hien . . . 

 Tuon-tsong . 

 Tee-ping . . . 



960 King-tsong 



f>76' Shing -tsong 983 dynasty, 



998 Hing-tsong I 



1023 Tao tsong ! 



KXJi Tien-tsong 1102 



Kl.'iS AV, or JV/.Wr/it- Tartars. 



1086 Tay-tsoo 1118 



1101 Tay-tsong IK'i 



ir_>(; Heet'ong 1136 



11-27 Hay-ling- vang 1 1 /JO 



1163 She-tsong 11H2 



11.00 Tchang-tsong 1190 



II", Tong-hay.hiun-hcoo ... 1 



Sinen-tsong lL'11- 



Ngay-tsong 1 



Mo-tce 1235 



I'.'Tt) Mong-boo, or Mogul Tartars. 

 1278 Tay-tsoo, Temoo-gin, or 



Genghis. Khan 1206 



Tay-tsong, Octay-khan . I 

 Ting-tsong. Gaiook-khan . 124-2 



Hien-tsong, Mangoo-khan l'~'l! 





The most celebrated prince of this dynasty was ita 

 founder Tay-tsoo, who checked the incursions of the 



