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The origin of the Hsia state may have been a consequence of the progress due to bronze. The Chinese tradition speaks of the Hsia dynasty, but can say scarcely anything about it. The excavations, too, yield no clear conclusions, so that we can only say that it flourished at the time and in the area in which the painted pottery occurred, with a centre in south-west Shansi.
I've always maintained that they're a well-suited couple; as the one is as deaf as a post, and the other as dumb as a mute. But who would ever have expected them to have such a clever girl! By how much are you in your teens?" "I'm seventeen," replied Hsia Hung. "What is your name?" she went on to ask. "My name was once Hung Yue." Hsiao Hung rejoined.
Not until the Mongols became a power did the Hsia recover some of their importance; but they were among the first victims of the Mongols: in 1209 they had to submit to them, and in 1227, the year of the death of Genghiz Khan, they were annihilated. 1 Foundation
"And what about the tea-stove?" interposed Pi Hen. "To-day," retorted Hsiao Hung, "is not my turn on duty, so don't ask me whether there be any tea or not!" "Do you listen to that mouth of hers!" cried Ch'i Hsia, "but don't you girls speak to her; let her stroll about and have done!" "You'd better all go and ask whether I've been gadding about or not," continued Hsiao Hung.
Thus they had attained a high degree of technical progress, and at the same time their number was very great. 2 "Nationality legislation" It was only after the Hsia empire in North China, and then the empire of the Juchên, had been destroyed by the Mongols, and only after long and remarkably modern tactical preparation, that the Mongols conquered South China, the empire of the Sung dynasty.
The servant-girls had all along entertained an antipathy for him, and not one of them therefore worried her mind about what he said. Ts'ai Hsia was the only one who still got on well with him, so pouring a cup of tea, she handed it to him. But she felt prompted to whisper to him: "Keep quiet a bit! what's the use of making people dislike you?"
Hearing this, Hsiao Hung was proceeding immediately towards the Tao Hsiang village, when she caught sight, just ahead of her, of Ch'ing Wen, Ch'i Hsia, Pi Hen, Ch'iu Wen, She Yueeh, Shih Shu, Ju Hua, Ying Erh and some other girls coming towards her in a group. The moment Ch'ing Wen saw Hsiao Hung, she called out to her. "Are you gone clean off your head?" she exclaimed.
"Something overhead!" and then the answer comes, "Keo yao!" "Stoop lower!" When the way is very uneven, you hear "Leo puh ping!" "The road is not level!" to which is replied, "Mon tien hsin!" "There are stones like stars!" followed by "Tien shan hsin To!" "Many stars in the sky!" with the response, "Ti hsia ken to!" "Many holes in the ground." Or perhaps at a bridge, "Hsio mo lan chao!"
The state grew; in 1031 its ruler resumed the old family name of the Toba, thus proclaiming his intention to continue the Toba empire; in 1034 he definitely parted from the Sung, and in 1038 he proclaimed himself emperor in the Hsia dynasty, or, as the Chinese generally called it, the "Hsi-Hsia", which means the Western Hsia.
This king Wan, Watchfully and reverently, With entire intelligence served God, And so secured the great blessing. In his early years, It made for him a mate ; On the north of the Hsia, On the banks of the Wei. When king Wan would marry, There was the lady in a large state . In a large state was the lady, Like a fair denizen of heaven.
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