Notes 1-14

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Note 1: The origin of the title of Nanping, after Zhu Wen, the Taizu of the Later Liang Dynasty, recovered the three prefectures of Jingnan, Gui and Xia, Gao Jixing was appointed as the guard of Jingnan, because Gao Jixing's governance was remarkable, Zhu Wen officially appointed him as the envoy of Jingnan Jiedu. After the establishment of the Later Tang Dynasty, Li Cunqiao issued an edict to encircle Gao Jixing, and named him the king of Nanping.

Note 2: The commander of the capital, the fifth generation has been used as the name of the commander of the army, and the commander of the generals is called the commander of the capital. Most of the military systems of the five dynasties continued the Tang Dynasty, and due to the division of feudal towns in various places, the military positions were chaotic. In this book, Nanping took the commander of the capital as the commander of the envoy - the commander of the commander - the commander of the colonel - the captain of the team - the commander of the group - the commander of the army.

Note 3: Changshi is the chief of staff of the king of Nanping and the head of civil officials.

Note 4: Most of the five dynasties refer to the Tang Dynasty, with men called Lang and women called Er.

Note 5: Five generations of swearing, selling Hu, slaves, thieves, etc., Hu people, border people, barbarian people.

Note 6: Also known as the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun and the Sixteen Prefectures of Youji, it was ceded by Emperor Shi Jingtang of the Later Jin Dynasty in 937 and officially handed over to the Khitan (later known as Liao) in 938.

Note 7: One mu in five generations is about two-thirds of the current city mu.

Note 8: One stone (pronounced dan) is about 120 catties now, and one catty at that time was 16 taels, or about 600 grams.

Note 9: The three mountains are Daba Mountain, Wushan Mountain, and Wuling Mountain.

Note 10: The two rivers are the Yangtze River and the Qingjiang River.

Note 11: That is, the late Emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty who was seized the throne by Shi Jingtang.

Note 12: Refers to rice.

Note 13: Tanzhou is Changsha Prefecture.

Note 14: In the fifth generation, doctors were called medical workers, and only medical students who studied medicine were called doctors.

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