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f. The Tartars Sien pi , who came from the con- 
fines of Leao tong and Mongol or Mogol Tartary, 
had hords named To pa. One of thefe hords made 
themfelves mafters of Tartary Leao tong , and of fe- 
veral northern provinces of China. This Tartar 
power has the Ghinefe name of Ouey. It has pro- 
duced feveral great princes. The year of Chrift 386 
is reckoned the firfi of that dynafty *, which reigned 
above 180 years. I do not know why the reigning 
dynafty has not placed the name of any of thefe 
emperors in the Ti ouang miao. 
6 . If we fuppofe, firfi, that all the books of the 
hiftory of China fhould be loft, or the contents of 
them fhould not be known in Europe j and fecondly, 
that the catalogue of the emperors, who are men- 
tioned in the Ti ouang ??iiao , fhould fall into the 
hands of fome European critics ; it is probable, that 
fuch a catalogue would occafion many falfe reafon- 
ings with relation to the fucceftion of the emperors, 
who have reigned in China. 
* Of which dynafty there is extant a very curious hiftary. 
XCVII. 
