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(2020) [1996]. To Establish Peace: being the Chronicle of the Later Handynasty for the years 189 to 200 AD as recorded in Chapters 59 to 63 of the Zizhi
of the Chinese HanDynasty begins. Confucius is given his first royal title (posthumous name) of Lord Baochengxun Ni. Emperor Ping of Han China begins his
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