ABSTRACT
The Chow dynasty is in some respects the most remarkable one among the many that have ruled over China, and it has exercised a more powerful influence over the thought and manners of succeeding ages than any other. The Jung barbarians who had so successfully assisted the chief of 1 Shin in his contest with Yiu, refused to leave the country, as they found it more pleasant than their own native wilds in which they were wont to roam. The aid of the powerful states of Tsin, Ts'in, Wei and Ching* was invoked, and after a brief but terrible contest they were expelled, and P'ing was sent for and placed upon the throne. The only event worth recording in this reign was the appointment of Duke Hwan of Ts'i to be the chief of the five states that then practically engrossed the whole power of China.
