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Emperor Ch'eng asked Chang Yü3a, a retired Lieutenant Chancellor and Confucian, about the matter; the latter agreed, whereupon the title of Grandee Secretary was changed to Grand Minister of Works, and he was given the same salary and rank as the Lieutenant Chancellor and

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Then the phrase here is merely an abbreviation for the phrase used in the "Annals of Emperors Yüan" and "Ch'eng."

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Emperor Ch'eng died; he was dismissed in two years, because he opposed the raising of the Empress Dowager nee Fu's title.

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The reign of Emperor Ch'eng had fixed, as a dynastic practise, the

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Imperial Heir-apparent, Emperor Ch'eng separated him from his actual grandmother and mother, establishing them in the Lodge for the Princes of Ting-t'ao, while Liu Hsin5 went to the Heir-apparent's palace.

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At that time the youngest brother of Emperor Ch'eng, King Hsiao of Chung-shan,

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Emperor Ch'eng was not even going to allow them to see Liu Hsin5, but the Empress

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[27] II month, Emperor Ch'eng died, and in the fourth

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Emperor Ai had nominally been made the son of Emperor Ch'eng; this lady was consequently the Emperor's adoptive mother and was now made the Empress

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Before his death, Emperor Ch'eng had endeavored to prevent any conflict between the various clans among the maternal relatives of his successor by separating Liu Hsin5, the future Emperor Ai, from his own family and restricting him to intercourse with the imperial family.

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