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梁唐晉，及漢周，稱五代，皆有由。
Liang, Tang and Jin, and then Han and Zhou: these are called the Five Dynasties, and each had a reason for its name.
炎宋興，受周禪，十八傳，南北混。
The fiery Song arose, receiving the throne from Zhou. Over eighteen reigns, north and south fell into turmoil.
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From the Father's Lecture Notes
The five names of the Five Dynasties, Liang, Tang, Jin, Han and Zhou, are all familiar to the child, all used before. That is no accident: each of those five groups chose its name on purpose, hoping to claim kinship with an earlier dynasty and look legitimate. “Each had a reason for its name” says exactly that.
Translated from Yikonglu's Father's Lecture Notes for the Three Character Classic, written for a parent teaching a child.
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