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CHAP. X. TIIE PALACE OF THE GREAT KAAN
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[" The Ta-ming lien (Hall of great brightness) is without doubt what Marco Polo calls ` the Lord's Great Palace.' . . . He states, that it ` hath no upper story' ; and indeed, the palace buildings which the Chinese call tien are always of one story. Polo speaks also of a ` very fine pillared balustrade ' (the clzu lang; , pillared verandah,
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Palace at Khan-baligh. (From the Livre des Merveilles.)
of the Chinese author). Marco Polo states that the basement of the great palace ` is raised some ten palms above the surrounding soil.' We find in the Ku hung i lu: ' The basement of the Ta-ming tien is raised about io c/L'i above the soil.' There can also be no doubt that the Ta-coing tien stood at about the same place
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