CHAPTER XIII

_ANCIENT DOCUMENTS FOUND_

History of Tsin and the Bamboo Annals discovered after 600 years'

burial--Confirmatory of Confucius' history--Obsolete and modern

script--Ancient calendars--Their evidence in rendering dates

precise--The Ts'in calendar imposed on China--Rise of the Ts'in

power--Position as Protector--Vast Tartar annexations by Ts'in--

Duke Muh of Ts'in and Emperor Muh of China--Posthumous names--

Discovery of ancient books--Supposed travels of Emperor Muh to

Tartary--Possibility of the Duke Muh having made the journeys--

Ts'in and Tsin force Tartars to migrate--Surreptitious vassal

"emperors"--Instances of Annam and Japan--Tsin against Ts'in and

Ts'u after Second Protector's death--Ts'i never again Protector--

Ts'in's Chinese and Tartar advisers--Foundations for Ts'in's

future empire.

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