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Rh  many wounds. The climax was reached by his heroic defence of 睢陽 Sui-yang against An Lu-shan's son. Hemmed in on all sides, provisions ran short; but he would not yield. He even sacrificed his favourite concubine, without avail. At length the enemy broke in upon his enfeebled garrison; and as he scorned to own allegiance to the conqueror, he was at once put to death. During the siege his patriotic rage had caused him to grind his teeth with such fury that after his death all but three or four were found to be worn down to the very gums!  Chang Hsün 張浚 (T. 德遠). Died A.D. 1164. An official of high repute under the Emperors and  of the Sung dynasty. Graduating as chin shih, he rose to hold various important civil and military posts, and was successful on several occasions in checking the incursions of the China Tartars, notably in 1118 and 1126. He was all for war and extermination, and would hear of no compromise with these enemies of his country. In reference to his mission of defence to Shensi and Ssŭch'uan, said of him that he had "repaired the heavens and cleansed the sun." In 1137 he fell a victim to the intrigues of, whose policy he steadily opposed, and was sent to 永 Yung-chou in Hunan, where he remained until the death of his rival in 1155. He was then recalled, and once more played a leading but ineffectual part. He was ennobled as Duke, and afterwards raised to the rank of Prince. He was deeply read, especially in the Canon of Changes, on which he wrote a commentary. Canonised as 忠鬳.  Chang Hua 張華 (T. 茂先). A.D. 232-300. A native of 方城 Fang-ch'eng in Chihli, who flourished as a scholar and statesman under the Chin dynasty. Left a poor orphan, he had to support himself by tending sheep; but his abilities soon attracted attention, and a well-to-do neighbour gave him his daughter to 