Note {1} — Chapter X
Henry Yule translation
Note 1.—[According to the Ch’ue keng lu, translated by Bretschneider, 25, “the wall surrounding the palace ... is constructed of bricks, and is 35 ch’i in height. The construction was begun in A.D. 1271, on the 17th of the 8th month, between three and five o’clock in the afternoon, and finished next year on the 15th of the 3rd month.”—H. C.]