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( ] ) After the death of Êiu-pi (A. D. 223), his son Liu-slien Ijféft jpp.j succeeded him to the government 

 of the state Si-shuh I jjï| -§11) • at present the province of Sze-chuen. The other princes thought this 



a good opportunity to attack his state. So Th&ao-chin l"|^ ft)} major-general of Thsao-thsao, took 

 the pass Yang-phing / Wfc 2p\ w ith 100,000 men; Mang-tah l^j: ^)j a reDe l officer of Khirag- 

 ming, attacked Han-chung ( ]fê| pfcf J with 100,000 soldiers from Shang-yung Ih |lf)i Sun-kiuen 

 (*§& S)j from Tun g* wu ()j|C ^Aj entered Sze-chuen with 100,000 men by the pass Hiah-khau 

 y$i P)j the kin o Mang-htcoh (^ |ü)j ^ rom tne Darlj arian state Man (|§|). attacked fourdis- 

 tricts in Yih-chao ( g^ ^H ) j whilst the king of Thibet, named Ko-pi-nang (ÉpJ Jfc ïtls)» 



attacked the pass Si-phing (g|j ^ ^| with 100,000 soldiers from Si-kiang /|[§j j^j, 



Khung-ming, prime minister of Liu-shen, set on foot five armies and obliged the enemy, by artful ma- 

 noevres and tactics, to'retire from all these places. (See the San-faooh-cM. Section xxxin, Chap. 85, 

 Part il. 

 ( 2 ) See pag. 87, note 11. 



