( 4>7 ) 
will fee that the Year wherein Hoa 't Tfong died wa's 
called (xx) K'ta Chin ; that that, wherein Tchang 
hoang Ti began his Reign, was likewife called Kia 
Chin : therefore they are the fame Year. If it were 
made two, the Mihake would be found at fir/l Sight, 
and fhould be corrected. 
Under the (X3) Tven thofe occidental fartars^ 
.whofe Domination over China began in the Year 
1x80, and ended in 1368, the Emperor PVen Tjong 
died in 1 3 3 3 : ' IsJing ffong his SuccelTor reigned but 
fome few Months, and Chiin 7 /, who fucceeded Ning 
T’jbng, mounted the Throne towards the End of the 
fame Year. Three Years may be eafily made of this 
one, in order to place the three Princes juft named. 
But whoever makes ufe of the Cycle need not fear 
the Miftake. The Deaths of the two firft Emperors, 
and the Acceflionof the third to the Throne, are three 
Incidents, which Hiftory refers to the Year of the 
Cycle named (X4) ^ei yeoti. And this Charaderi- 
ftic Name is a Link that binds them all together, fo 
that it is no longer poffible to feparate them. 
Thefe Examples fuffice : It is eafy to comprehend,, 
that if during Interregnums or Anarchies, the Time 
were lengthened or abridged, or if it were confounded 
during Civil Wars carried on between two dalhing Fa- 
milies difputing the Sovereign Power, the i\pplication 
of the Cycle would fet all right.. 
The Names which mark the Years of the Cycle are 
then a certain Rule to redrefs the Errors of unskilful 
Chronologers. Theyrefemble a Torch which gives 
Light in a dark or difficult Path. The Learned, who 
will know to fet a juft Value on thefe Charaderiftics,, 
will 
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