The Archive · 1920

The Stock Gives Out

There can be no doubt that the alteration of the title corresponded to a movement of the border of empire from north, southwards. The capital was moved from a place not far from Hankow to one a day's march from the present Changsha. To-Hengshan lies south of Chang-There are other confirmatory reasons for believing that the site of the "Southern Peak" moved south with the extension of empire until it was fixed to the present Hong-shan which lies three days' journey south of Changsha.

From B.C. 202 to 157, Wu and four of his descendants held the kingship of Changsha. It was only the lack of heirs which caused the extinction of the family rule. No relics of the Wu dynasty are in existence.

The year after the death of Wu Chu, a new emperor came to the throne. And the year following that, B.C. 155, a son of the emperor was given the title of king of Changsha. This son was called Liu Fa; he took temple to commemorate the reign of Ting Wang. All the buildings, however, are quite modern and apparently there is nothing in the building that was actually connected with those carly days.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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