THE SHUH COUNTRY ;}<) 



TVin (^F ft) in the reign of the Emperor Ning K'ang (ft ft) 

 (A.D. 363), but it reverted to the Chin (W) in the eighth 

 year of the Emperor T'ai Ho (*»). During the Song (ft) 

 ;and Ts'i (ft) Dynasties there is nothing of great importance 

 recorded about the Shuh Kingdom. 



In the Liang (ft) Dynasty in the reign of Ta Pao (*ft) 

 (A.D. 550) the King of Wu Ling (ft ft 31) whose name was 

 Ki (IE), set up his throne in the city of Ch'en tu. 



During the Western Wei (ft f&) period and in the second 

 jear of the reign of Fei Ti (ftffr) (A.D. 552) the country 

 again reverted to the Wei Dynasty. 



During the latter Cheo (ft'ft) Dynasty a Tsong Kwan 

 Fu (ft f? ft) governed the country. 



In the Sui (ft) Dynasty and in the reign of K'ai Huang 

 (ft ft) (A.D. 581) the terms Chiiin (ft) and Cheo (ft) were 

 discarded and a Si Lan Hsing-T'ai (ft Mft ft) established in 

 their stead, which only lasted for three years, when the title 

 Tsong Kwan Fu (ft ^ ft) was again adopted. 



In the first year of the Emperor Ta Nieh (^C^) (A.D. 

 4)05) the term Tsong Kwan Fu was again discarded and the 

 title of Shuh Chiiin (35 ft) was revived. 



In the T'ang (Jif) Dynasty and the first year of the 

 reign of the Emperor Wu Teh ( ft ft) (A.D. 618), the title 

 of I Cheo Tsong Kwan Fu (ft ft ft ^ ft ) was given to the city 

 and country. This title was adopted for three years when 

 the title of Si Lan Tao Hsing T'ai (ft ft *I ft ft) was again 

 revived. 



In the ninth year of the Emperor Hsing T'ai (ft ft) 

 the title adopted was Tu Tuh Fu (ft ft ft) . 



In the first year of the reign of the Emperor Chen 

 K'wan (jkft) the title was again changed to Kien Lan Tao 



(ft ft ft). i ^ 



In the second year of the reign of the Emperor Long 

 Soh (II ft) (A.D. 661), the city was raised to the rank of a 

 Ta Tu Tuh Fu (* ft ft ft), but in the second year of K'ai 

 Yuan (ft to) it was again changed to a Kien Lan King Lioh 

 Shi (ffl ft ft *& ft) and seven years later it became a Tsieh 

 Tu Shi (ft £ ft) with a Eesident Governor. 



In the first year of the reign of the Emperor T'len Pao 

 (3£ft) (A.D. 742) the country again became known as the 



Shuh Chiiin (ft ft). 



In the fifteenth year of his reign the Emperor T len Pao 

 (3* ft) himself took refuge in the city. 



In the reign of Chi Teh (ft ft) (A.D. 756) the city 

 became known as the Lan King (ft ft) with a resident 



