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426 the intercession of the Heir Apparent, into whose service he was taken and under whom, when Emperor, he rose fo be President of the Board of Rites. For his military achievements against vast bordes of Turkic invaders, he was ultimately ennobled as Duke. Canonised

Li Ching ^ ^. Dioi AJ). 961. 3m of Hit CUb-bo« whom he nmstfitdin 943 m Mond »vcra^ of the SMtken T^u« Stsie. He eooqnered Fuhkiea in 945, aad Hobsb ib 961, bat proved no match for the Later Choa dyiiMij {mt Kmo Jwm^); and in 957 be abandoned the Imperial tide and changed his peiinil name from Kong to Chii^, Kong being a profaibited chameter nnder that dynasty. In 958 he sorrendered all his territory north of the Yang-tsze, and in 960 he transfemd his aDegianee to Ghao K^nang- yin, fonader of the Snng dynasty.

Li Ching-fiang ^if/^^iT.^ff). Bom A^D.? 1855. Son of ^ ^ ^ Li Chao-ch'ing, sixth brother to li Hnng-chang. He was formally adopted by the latter, and after serriog as Secretary of Ijegatioa for some years in London, where he did not distinguish himself in aoy way, was sent in 1890 as Minister to'Tokio. He was present at the peace negotiations in Japan in 1895, and formally handed orer Formosa, at sea, to the Japanese. In 1896 he accompanied his adopU^fl father to Russia on the mission to represent China at the coronation of the Czar. Is vulgarly known to foreigners as "I^rd Li." ' ^

Li Cho-wu ^ ^ ^ or Li Chili ^^. Died A.D.? 1610. An official who threw up his post in order to devote himself to Huddhism. Ho wrote a commentary on the ^ ^ fE (®^ ^**"

Li Chu ^^ or Li Lou || :||. A man of very keen sight, who flourishod under the Yellow Emperor, B.C. 2698. He could sou the tip of an autumn spikelet at a distance of 100 paces.