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416 Lao Ch'img-lraang ^ ^ ^ (T. ^ |fgf ). A.D. 1801-1867. Graduated as chin shih in 1832, and rose by the asnal steps to be Judge in Enangsi. From 1852 to 1859 he was Governor of Enangsi; and though destitute of funds and surrounded by a mutinous soldiery, he succeeded in preserring fair order and guarding his capital against rebel attacks. In 1859 he went as acting Yioeroy to Canton, then in the possession of the British; and on their withdrawal he was appointed Viceroy. In 1862 he was degraded and sent to Yfhinan, of which province he became Viceroy in the following year. There, by a judicious mixture of kindness and severity, he kept the Chinese and Ifahomedans at peace until his death. He was the author of essays and poems, besides an account of a mission to Annam in 1849. Canonised as ^ ^.

Lao Lai Tzii ^$fi^' 6th cent. B.C. One of the 24 examples of filial piety. At seventy he was still accustomed to divert his aged parents by dressing himself up and cutting capers before them« He is represented by Chuang Tzti as a sage who on one occasion lectured Confucius as to right conduct in life.

Lao Tzu ^ ^ or Lao ChOn ^ ^ or Lao Tan ^ ^. Bort^^ B.C. 604. One of China's most famous teachers, popularly regardec:::^^ as the founder of the Taoist sect. Bis name is said to have beeE=:^ ^ ;^ Li £rh (T. "fj^ ||r and £ ?)« ^^^ ^® appears to hav^ held office as keeper of the records at Lo-yang, the capital of th^ Chou dynasty. He was the great Prophet of his age. He taught"- men to return good for evil, and to look forward to a higher life^ He professed to have found the clue to all things human anc:^ divine. He found it in his interpretation of Tao, the WAY, whiclc^ may be compared with the xoyo^ of Heracleitus. But it is upoic^ the wondrous doctrine of Inaction that his chief claim to immortality is founded: *^Do nothing, and all things will be done!" In extreme old age, Lao Tztl is said to ha?e met with Confucius; but the