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... huai Ho ( Ch'in - huai River ) , which runs along the outside of the city wall and is a tributary of the Yangtze . On the east are the foothills of the Tzu - chin Shan ( Purple - Gold Mountains ) , and at the city's south- ern tip is ...
... huai Ho ( Ch'in - huai River ) , which runs along the outside of the city wall and is a tributary of the Yangtze . On the east are the foothills of the Tzu - chin Shan ( Purple - Gold Mountains ) , and at the city's south- ern tip is ...
Page 740
... huai . Under the Ch'in ( 221-206 BC ) and Han ( 206 BC - Ad 220 ) dynasties , Nanking was successively under the jurisdiction of Mo - ling County ( hsien ) and Tan - yan County . Nanking - under the name of Chien - yeh - emerged as the ...
... huai . Under the Ch'in ( 221-206 BC ) and Han ( 206 BC - Ad 220 ) dynasties , Nanking was successively under the jurisdiction of Mo - ling County ( hsien ) and Tan - yan County . Nanking - under the name of Chien - yeh - emerged as the ...
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... huai Ho . Another period of prominence occurred during the Southern Sung dynasty ( 1127-1279 ) , when Yüeh Fei used the city as his base for resistance against the Juchen in North China . In 1368 the emperor Hung - wu , founder of the ...
... huai Ho . Another period of prominence occurred during the Southern Sung dynasty ( 1127-1279 ) , when Yüeh Fei used the city as his base for resistance against the Juchen in North China . In 1368 the emperor Hung - wu , founder of the ...
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