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was twelve feet tall and eight feet in circumference, with a head.as big as a bushei, red hairs, 

 and arms like branches of trees, and possessing the strenght of a myriad of men, they immediate- 

 ly acknowledged him as their elder brother. (President, grand-master national). 



This happened on the 25th day of the 7th month of the year Kah-yin ( J ), of the reign of 

 Yung-ching, during the hour Chao. ( 2 ) 



Having mixed- their blood with wine, they swore that they would restore the dynasty of 

 Ming, after having destroyed that of Tsing: that they would go to Chang-ngan ( 3 ) and kill the 

 benighted prince. ( 4 ) 



Wan-yun-lung was made chief, and Chin-kin-nan master, of the league; whilst the bravest of all, 

 a certain Hwang-ching-yin , ( 5 ) was made leader of the vanguard, and nis name changed into 

 Thian-yu-hung. ( 6 ) 



They all adopted the name of Hung, ( 7 ) andtookthe word „ Patriotism" ( 8 ) as their watchword. 



On the 20th day of the 8th month, (Sept. 17.) Wan-yun-lung brought his troops in the field 

 against a Tartar army, and the battle lasted till the 9th day of the 9th month (Oct. 5.): all at once, 

 the hand of Wan-yun-lung lowered, he left off fighting and feil dead on a sharp paving stone. 



A private brought the news to the five brethern Avho were looking on from the ramparts; 

 they marched immediately to the rescue and beat the government troops, leaving countless 

 numbers killed on the field which was covered with corpses, whilst the blood flowed like 

 a river — the victorious brethern then took the head and corpse of Wan-yun-lung along and 

 went North-east-wards. 



Jast at this moment a five-coloured floating-cloud appeared in the N. E. The five monks saw 

 by it that, though Wan-yun-lung had perished, Heaven yet showed variegated clouds in order 

 to appoint him as grand-master. 



They buried him on the leftside behind the ,/Five-phoenix-hill," ( 9 ) near the lake Chu ( 10 ) at Pah- 

 koh-tun; ( n ) the grave is 30 feet high and 218 feet 3 inches long, and is called the //Octagonal 

 camp." ( 12 ) It lies at the Southeast and fronts the Northwest, and its geomantic situation is 

 Yin-shin-fan-kin. ( 13 ) 



There is an obelisk on the grave of a triangular form, nine feet high and three feet six inches 



O ^ ^ Aug. 23. 1734. ( 2 ) •# H^p from 1 A. M. till. 3 P. M. 



( 3 ) it & ~ Pekin s- ( 4 ) © # ( 5 ) K ^C @ 



( 6 ) % Wa #? ( 7 ) $? ( 8 ) ^ 



( 9 ) 3l Jjj, \ï\ l 10 ) ^ JJ9 According to another version, the name of this lake is Fan-tui-wu 



(Ü£ 1% J$j) The dunghill-lake. 



( n ) A ^t *§£ ( 1£ ) A :£§ Ü ( ls ) ft ^¥ ft & This is a S eomautic 



expression. Litterally translated it means: „The element metal divided by the branch Yin and the stem S/iiu. 



