60 THE SHUH COUNTRY 



subjection to the Ts'in Dynasty. This they succeeded in 

 doing by receiving the help of the Kingdom of Pa; but no 

 sooner had the generals succeeded in reducing Shuh to 

 subjection than they turned on and also subdued the Chii Pa 

 (JlE). Thus from this time onward Shuh lost its in- 

 dependence and became a tributary kingdom, The period 

 tjius covered by ancient Shuh Kings is as follows. From 

 Cheo Huei Wang, (676 B.C.), to Chin Ts'ing Wang, (320 

 B.C.), is a period of about 356 years. The period from 

 (676 B.C.) to (468 B.C.) was the period in which the Ts'an 

 Ts'ong (Uli) line of kings reigned. The period dating 

 from 468 B.C. to 320 B.C. was the period in which Pih Ling 

 (H ft) and his line of kings governed the country, and were 

 the last real Shuh Kings. It has been claimed that King 

 Yu Fu (M> *lz) was the lineal descendent of Shen Long (ir* H) 

 and the ancestor of Li Ping ($ #R) of irrigation fame. 

 These conclusions are arrived at by a system of genealogical 

 acrobatic feats which it is almost impossible to follow in 

 detail. 



' It is said, however, that Li Ping (^ $t) was a native of 

 Pa Tong, which was probably at that time part of the 

 Kingdom of Pa (E) to which Yu Fu (M. %) and his family 

 retired on abdicating the throne of Shuh in favour of Pih 

 Ling (WL M). So it is not improbable that Li Ping was of 

 the same race as Yii Fu, and of ancient kingly stock, and 

 one who had an ancestry both fond of, and expert in, the art 

 of irrigation. 



The Yangtsi gorges are spoken of as the Ts'an Ts'ong 

 Wan Ren (H H H fft), or the ten thousand measure of 

 Ts'an Ts'ong. As to what this actually refers to remains to 

 be proved, but the more credible among the people declare 

 that the marks of the pickaxe can still be traced in some 

 places in the gorges. Thus making a clear inference that 

 this great Yang tsi funnel was the work of the descendents 

 of Ts'an Ts'ong (MB). 2 



The Yangtse boatmen declare that the gorges were 

 opened in the reign of Ts'in Shih Huang (^1 i& M). So it is 

 quite possible that great strides were made along that line 

 about that time. 



2 It has been explained to the writer that the suspended coffin 

 in the Kwan Ts'ai gorge, and the coffin ends which give the wind 

 box gorge its name, were coffins which contained the bodies of officials 

 who died during the excavation period and were buried in the 

 crevices of the rocks. 



