38 THE SHUH COUNTRY 



The idea conveyed is that a sea eye was situated in that 

 place; and the idol was placed over to protect it from 

 ruthless hands and suppress the ever threatening flood. 

 Other sea eyes are believed to be situated outside the east 

 gate within the precincts of the Ta Fuh Ssu (^cf&#) and 

 at Kwan Hsien, by the Fuh Long Kwan (f£ fl Hi) temple, 

 under the elephant's trunk rock. On the embankment near 

 the latter spot a stone rhinoceros is placed to quell the rising- 

 floods. Its aspect is that of placidly watching the setting 

 moon. The proverb runs Hsi Niu Wang iieh iff^H M) f 

 "The rhinoceros watches the moon." The ancients believed 

 that the sun was fire and the moon water, hence the latter 

 was believed to have something to do with the rise and fall 

 of the floods. 



From the time of Hsia Yli Wang (X S 3E) (2205 B.C.) 

 the sub-prefecture of Liang Cheo (§£ jH'i) included the King- 

 dom of Shuh. 



In the Cheo (fl) Dynasty period (651 B.C.) Ts'an Ts'ung 

 (IS) was King of Shuh. 



In the reign of Ch'en Ts'in (fl |g) (241 B.C.) the Ts'in 

 (5(1) Dynasty Rulers overthrew the King of Shuh, and made 

 his territory into a prefecture (SB) with its provincial head- 

 quarters at Ch'en tu. 



During tKe Han ($!) Dynasty the country was still 

 known as the prefecture of Shuh, and was governed by the 

 I Cheo (SW) sub-prefect. In the latter Han (tt ft) period 

 Kong Seng Su (&• 3£ W) took possession of Ch'en tu and 

 proclaimed himself King of Shuh, and changed the status of 

 the city from Shuh Chiun (fl 9K) to Ch'en tu Yin (Aft P) ; 

 but after a time K'ong was subjugated, and the country 

 again became known as Shuh Chiiin (fl ffi). In the reign of 

 Hs'inP'ing (H^) (A.D. 194) a certain Lui Yen. (SAM) from 

 Mien Chuh Hsien (II it B) took the city. 



At the close of the reign of Kien An (S g?) (A.D. 196), 

 Chao Lieh Ti (Hg M fc) set up his kingdom in Shuh. 



In the Wei (It) Dynasty and the fourth year of the 

 Emperor King Yuan [M:7t) (A.D. 260) the Shuh country- 

 passed to the Wei (H) Dynasty. 



In the Chin (f?) Dynasty the Emperor T'ai K'ang 

 (itM) (A.D. 286) made his son King of the Kingdom 

 of Shuh. 



In the second year of the Emperor T'ai An 

 (JkSfe) (A.D. 302) a rebel named Li Hsiong ($£g) set up 

 his standard of revolt in the country, and was not subdued 

 until the 3rd year of the reign of the Emperor Yin Ho 

 (7JtW) (A.D. 345), and Shuh again fell into the hands of Fu 



