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was a good archer and spearman, and had some knowledge of drawing. In 875 he enrolled himself as a volunteer to put down a local rebellion; and later on he inflicted a severe defeat upon Huang Ch'ao*s forces, killing his general and taking a large number of prisoners. Thenceforward his career was rapid and brilliant, until in 907 he was finally created Prince of Wu and Ytleh. He had already in 898 received a certificate, engraved on iron, of exemption from the death-penalty on nine possible occasions. In 923 the first Emperor of the Later T*ang dynasty presented him with a jade tablet and a golden seal, and for many years he reigned as a practically independent sovereign. At the instigation of An Gh'ung-hui, who thought that he was growing too powerful, the second Emperor deprived him of his rank; but after An's death this was immediately restored. Like Ssti-ma Euang in his study, Ch'ien Liu is said to have used on his campaigns a cylindrical pillow, to prevent him from sleeping, too heavily. He built an embankment against the famous '^bore*' in the Oh4en-t'ang river near Hangchow, which was his capital; and on one occasion, when the works were threatened, he is said to have driven back the waters by the discharge of a flight of arrows. Canonised as ;^ ^.

Ch'ien Lo. 5th cent. A.D. A scholar who is said to have re-constructed the armillary sphere. It had been known to the ancients, but all knowledge of it had disappeared since the accession of the First Emperor.

Chi'en Lou Tzŭ. 5th cent. B.C. A philosopher and recluse of the Ch4 State. At his death, the shroud was found to be too short. If his head was covered, his feet stuck out; if the feet were covered, his head remained bare. Some one suggested that the shroud should be placed comerwise. **No!" cried his wife; "better the straight, even if insuflScient, than the crooked, though enough and to spare!"