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Inside fusty chronicles penned in a forgotten, languid script that few can now understand, storytellers recorded how it all began. Read the first page
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These are the most frequently used words in this book.
across
another
away
behind
british
burma
burmese
chiang
china
chinese
city
cixi
come
country
court
day
dollars
down
dragon
emperor
empress
even
eyes
face
family
fei
first
found
french
general
girl
gold
government
great
green
hands
head
heaven
home
hpakant
imperial
jade
jadeite
jungle
kachin
king
know
lady
last
later
left
life
london
long
man
men
million
mines
months
new
now
old
once
ordered
palace
party
peking
people
pieces
pu
qianlong
qing
queen
road
room
set
shanghai
silk
sir
small
soldiers
son
state
still
stone
story
thousands
three
throne
time
told
took
treasure
two
war
whose
world
wrote
years
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