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404 introduced as the low-comedy man; and this so disgusted him that he got up and withdrew, the Eitans being forced to apologise. In 1033 he was dismissed to the provinces for espousing the cause of the deposed Empress. Re-instated almost immediately, the jealousy of his colleagues caused him to be again banished, when he died on his way to his poet.

Kmng Ting-ta ^ |g ^ (T. # ^). A. D. 574-648. A descendant of Confucius in the thirty-second degree, and a distinguished scholar and public functionary. He wrote a commentary on the Canon of Changes^ and was also the reputed author of the ^ IE ^^^ ^J ^ sections of the History of the Sin Dynasty. Canonised as

Kuo Chen ^M^- Tt^)- A.D. 656-713. A handsome man of the Tang dynasty, upon whom Chang Chia-ch^ng bestowed one of his five daughters. The young ladies sat behind a screen, each holding a silken cord of a different colour, and Kuo was to choose between the conls. He chose the red one and thus won the thiid daughter* a great beauty. He graduated as oiUii sUk at the age of 18 « attracted the attention of the Empress Wu, and was sent on an embassy to the Tur&n. After holdii^ many high and important posts he became President of the Board of War in 713, and alone of the Minister? of State stood by the Empoor when the Pai- p^ng Princes? was guilty of treason « for which he was ennoUed as Duke. Soon afterwai>is he was banished for an error of discipline at a n^Tiew : and thoui[h immediateir recalled « he died of mortification on the war.

Kuo Chi 1^ d iT. 4a I^V RC 3S— AJ). 47. A natife of Hosh4ing in Shensi, who ^erred nnier Wai^ Mwsg the Usurper a&i afterwards under the finst Empetvir cif the Eastern Han Dynss^* In A.D. S$ he Keimzne Gor^svY of |P Yia^-diOQ in Anhui, and ai leaning tola his Maj^my that as he was boi goii^ to a distanee