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Rh applied to graves (see Wang Chi)^ and the authorship of the ^ has been attributed to him. Of his personal history it is related that in time of insurgent troubles he rendered great serrices in Anhui, and was appointed Adjutant. He was subsequently raised to high office by the Emperor Yfian Ti, and ei^oyed a wide reputation for learning until his death, which he met at the hands of Wang Tun, whose secretary he had become and whose failure he had ventured to prophesy. He edited the dictionary of ancient terms etc., known as the ^ i|||, the (Jj j$ jj^ Hill and Water Classic, and the ^ ^ Elegies of Ch^Uy and wrote the famous elegies known as JX, ^ ^^^ ^ ^ ^*

KUO Shih H^^. The wife of Ghia Gh'ung, noted for her jealousy. Suspecting the intimacy of her husband with the wet- nurse of her little boy, she fl(^ged the nurse to death; the consequence being that the child died too. She did this a second time, after which she had no more sons and her husband's male line came to an end.

Euo Shu ^ ;^. The name of a younger brother of W£n Wang; also known as ^ ^ or ^ '^ •

Euo Sang-tao |R ^ ,^ (H. ^ f|l) ). Died A.D. 1887. A native of Hsiang-yin in Hunan. Graduated as chin shih in 1847. In 1859 he was appointed to the Imperial College of Inscriptions and was sent on special service to Tientsin with Sdng-ko-lin-sin. In 1862 he became Grain Gommissioner, and in 1863 Salt Commissioner, of Eiaugsu. In the latter year he was acting Viceroy of the Two Euang, from which post he tried to retire in 1865. In 1867 he was again Salt Commissioner in Eiangsu, and in 1875 he was a Minister in the Tsung-li Yam£n. In 1876 he was appointed to be the first resident Envoy ever sent by China to Great Britain or to any other nation. He made several attempts on the score of health to escape this unpleasant duty, but was ultimately obliged