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太祖興，國大明，號洪武，都金陵。迨成祖，遷燕京，十六世，至崇禎。權閹肆，寇如林，李闖出，神器焚。TrTranslation
太祖興，國大明，號洪武，都金陵。
Taizu arose and named his state the Great Ming. His reign was called Hongwu, and his capital was Jinling.
迨成祖，遷燕京，十六世，至崇禎。
Then the Yongle Emperor moved the capital to Yanjing. Sixteen reigns later came Chongzhen.
權閹肆，寇如林，李闖出，神器焚。
Powerful eunuchs ran riot, rebels were as thick as a forest; Li the Dashing King rose up, and the throne went up in flames.
Draft translation; it will be revised when the lecture is filmed.
Compared with Wang Xiang's edition
Group 71 太祖興，國大明，號洪武，都金陵。
Not in Wang Xiang's edition (added later, see group 69).
Group 72 迨成祖，遷燕京，十六世，至崇禎。
Not in Wang Xiang's edition (added later, see group 69).
Group 73 權閹肆，寇如林，李闖出，神器焚。
Not in Wang Xiang's edition (added later, see group 69).
From the Father's Lecture Notes
The man who founded this dynasty had herded cattle as a boy, lived as a monk and begged for food. What matters most in this lecture is not the Ming but this man, because he ties back to the book's first line: by nature close, by practice far apart. Similar starting points, very different endings.
Translated from Yikonglu's Father's Lecture Notes for the Three Character Classic, written for a parent teaching a child.
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