40 THE SHUH COUNTRY 



governor who was known as the Kien Lan Si Ch'uan Tsieh 



Tu shi (mmmMffifefe). 



In the first year of Shang Yuen (Jito) (A.D. 760) the 

 status of a Provincial Capital was again taken away. 



In the Wu Tai (3l ft) period the rebels, Wang Kien 

 (3EM£), and Meng Chi Siang (h££bJ#), declared their inde- 

 pendence in the city of Gh'en tu. 



In the Song (Sic) Dynasty period (A.D. 960) the city 

 first became known as Ch'eng Tu Fu (^cfP/fr). In the 

 Yuan (yt) Dynasty it was called Ch'en Tu Lu (J® iP S&) or 

 the Circuit of Ch'en tu. It was also called Chong Shu Seng 

 Chi (*#**&). In the reign of Chi Chen (MJE) (A.D. 

 1341) a certain Ming Yu Chen ($J3l|£) took possession of 

 the city and country and changed the name of the capital 

 to Ch'en Tu Ts'i Shi Fu (JftfrflMgMfj. 



In the Ming Dynasty (Wlfl) the city was again called 

 Ch'eng TuFu (JK«5Mf). 



In the Ts'ing (?lt) Dynasty the city was known as the 

 Ch'eng Tu Seng Chi (ft U # 6) . 



During the reign of the Emperor K'ang Hsi (HI 8S) the 

 Ch'en Tu and Hua Yang Hsien's were amalgamated, but in 

 the reign of the Emperor long Chen (HI IE) the Hua Yang 

 Hsien (^^^) was again resuscitated. 



CHAPTEE II. 



The Capital of Shuh. 



The present city wall of Ch'en tu is not the wall which 

 existed in the T'ang and Han periods; the ancient walls 

 having been destroyed many centuries before. The ancient 

 city included a much larger area than the present city. 

 The Hua Yang (lp l§) Annals record the fact that in the 

 Han Dynasty, at the close of the reign of the Emperor 

 Yiiin Ts'u (zk Ifi) (A.D. 107) when they built the city wall, 

 each of the four gates had large main roads leading to the 

 eitv extending out for a distance of 20 li. The Ch'uang 

 Choh Loh Ch'eng Ki (M §& H * SB) records that in the 

 T'ang (fM) Dynasty the city was only 25 li in circumference. 



The Chang Yiiin Ki (31 I* IE) records that at the close 

 of the T'ang Dynasty the city was 36 li in circumference. 



The Li Hao Yang Ma Ch'eng Ki (^ H ¥ 0, tf IE), also 

 records that the new city was 42 li in circumference. 



The Chao Pien Ch'eng Tu Ki (fl # ft U IE) records that 

 in the Wu Tai (2l ft) period -(A.D. 907) Meng Heo Chu 



