112。    
魏 蜀 吳， 爭 漢 鼎。
wèi shǔ wú zhēng hàn dǐng
(Wei, Shu, Wu, contend Han tripod1)

The Wei, Shu, and Wu dynasties fought to succeed the Han.

113。    
號 三 國， 迄 兩 晉。
hào sān guó qì liǎng jìn
(call three states, up to two Jin)

They are called the Three Kingdoms, and lasted until the two Jin dynasties.2  TL

114。    
宋 齊 繼， 梁 陳 承。
sòng qí jì liáng chén chéng
(Song Qi follow, Liang Chen undertake)

Then followed the Song, Qi, Liang and Chen dynasties, which are . . .

115。    
為 南 朝， 都 金 陵。
wéi nán cháo dū jīn líng
(be south dynasties, capital Jin Ling)

. . . called the Southern Dynasties, whose capital city was Nanjing. TL

116。   
北 元 魏， 分 東 西。
běi yuán wèi fēn dōng xī
(north Yuan Wei, divide east west)

The Northern Dynasties were the Wei (Eastern and Western), of the Yuan family, TL
 . . .

117。    
宇 文 周， 與 高 齊。
yǔ wén zhōu yǔ gāo qí
(Yu Wen Zhou, and Gao Qi)

. . . the Zhou of the Yu-wen family, and the Qi of the Gao family.

118。    
逮 至 隋， 一 土 宇。
dài zhì suí yī tǔ yǔ
(reach until Sui, one earth sky)

Finally, under the Sui dynasty, the empire was united, . . .TL


119。    
不 再 傳， 失 統 緒。
bù zài chuán shī tǒng xù
(not again passed on, lost control sequence)

. . . but it did not last long as it lost control of the country.   

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1 Here the characters 漢鼎 (Han tripod) refer to the cauldrons mentioned previously, which symbolized the emperor's authority.







2 The two are called the Eastern Jin and the Western Jin, which were not contemperaneous.