120。   
唐 高 祖， 起 義 師。
táng gāo zǔ qǐ yì shī
(Tang Gao Zu, raised righteous army)

The founder of the Tang dynasty, Gaozu,  raised an army to . . .  TL

121。    
除 隋 亂， 創 國 基。
chú suí luàn chuàng guó jī
(ended Sui disorder, started nation foundattion)

. . . end the disorders of the Sui dynasty and to establish his line.

122。   
二 十 傳， 三 百 載。
èr shí chuán sān bǎi zài
(twenty times passed on, three hundred years)

The Tang lasted for 300 years and twenty successions, . . .

123。    
梁 滅 之， 國 乃 改。
liáng miè zhī guó nǎi gǎi
(Liang extingished it, country thus changed)

. . . but the Later Liang dynasty1 overthrew it and started their own.

123a。2
梁 唐 晉﹐ 及 漢 周。
liáng táng jìn jí hàn zhōu
(Liang, Tang, Jin, and Han, Zhou)

The successors to the Tang were the Later Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, and Later Zhou dynasties. TL
   
123b。
稱 五 代﹐ 皆 有 由。
chēng wǔ dài jiē yǒu yóu
(called five dynasties, each exist reason)

These are called the Five Dynasties and each exists for a reason. TL

124。    
炎 宋 興， 受 周 禪。
yán sòng xìng shòu zhōu shàn
(fiery Song rise, receive Zhou abdication)

Then the fiery Song dynasty arose to take over from the Later Zhou; . . . TL

125。    
十 八 傳， 南 北 混。
shí bā chuán nán běi hùn
(ten eight trnsmissions, south, north mix)

. . . the dynasty lasted 18 generations and the northern and southern empires were reunited.


Previous Home Next


































1 There was an earlier Liang dynasty, one of the Southern dynasties, mentioned in line 114 previously.














2 Lines 123a and 123b are from Giles' version.