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Note 64 — Chapter III · CH’ÊNG HUA (1465–1487) AND OTHER REIGNS

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ts’ao ch’ung can equally well mean “plants and insects” or “grass insects,” i.e. grasshoppers. In fact, Julien translated the phrase in the latter sense.

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