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not conddered that it coincides with the firfl Year of the 
Emperor Ping Ti* And in regard to the Scantinefs of 
Space, it could not be engraved therein, without omit- 
ting the Name of this Emperor, which it was neceffary 
to preferve. 
But if on one Hand the Epoque of Guei lie wang 
placed in the fifty-third of the Cycle, and once well 
comprehended, becomes a Key that opens the Know- 
ledge of the Table, and develops its Syftem ; on the 
other, the Charaderiflic Names of the fixty Years 
which compofe the Cycle, do by their Connexi- 
on with the Years of the Emperors determine the pre- 
cife Time of Incidents. Hence arifes Clearnefs and 
Certainty in the Chinefe Chronology ; for thefe Cha- 
raXeriftics contribute to the Difcovery of Errors, which 
either the Ignorance and Negled of Copyifts and Prin- 
ters, or the Want of Attention in Authors, often intro- 
duce into Chronology. 
For Example: In the Chronological Table of the 
Chinefe Monarchy, printed at the End of the Work, 
whofe Title is, Confucius Sinarum PhilofophuSy it is 
faid, that Chi hoang Ti *, in the twenty-fourth Year 
of his Reign, built, or (to fpeak more accurately) 
finifhed the great Wall ; and confequently the burn- 
ing of the Books is placed in the fame Emperor’s 
twenty-fifth Year. Now according to Hiftory, the 
great Wall was finilhed in the Year of the Cycle 
called (lo) Ting haiy a Name that can agree only 
K k k 2 with 
* vide Monarchic finicae tabulam chronologicam, p. 24 & 2$. Chi 
hoang Ti, anno Imperii 24° murum celeberrinium 400 & ultra leucarum 
cxtruxit contra Tartarorum eruptiones : anno 25® libros omnes praetcr me- 
dicos & judiciarios cremari juflit. 
(Chi jl)ou,U be pronounced like cur Bnglilh She.) 
