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Rh take ^ ^ TtL-ch^^Dg and returned, sending on a messenger with the news. The Emperor was Tery angry, and replied that his head wonld pay for it if he crossed the frontier. Accordingly he went back with an army of 180,000 men; and a revolntion having meanwhile occurred in Ferghana, he was able to accomplish his mission, and was ennobled as Marqnis. In B.C. 94 he led an army of 70,000 men against the Hsiung-nu, but was utterly defeated and forced to surrender to the EHian who put him to death.

Li Knang-pi ^^jff^Jj^. Died A.D. 768. A native of Liu^ou in Euangsi, whose father had been a Eitan chief but had given in his allegiance to the Empress Wu Hon and had been ennobled as Duke. The son entered the military service, and after distinguishing himself against the Turkic tribes, co-operated with Euo Tzti-i in putting down the rebellion of An Lu-shan. Raised to the highest offices of State by the Emperor Su Tsung, he was employed for some years in opposing the armies of the rebel, Shih Ssti-ming, and for his successful efforts he was ennobled as Prince. He died full of honours, and was canonised as ^ 1^.

JA Kuang-ti ^^^{T.^^). A.D. 1642-1718. A native of Fuhkien, who brought himself into notice by a scheme for rescuing the province from E£ng Ghing-chung and GhSng Chin, eldest son of Eoxinga, who held Chinchew. In 1680 he went to Peking as sub-Chancellor of the Grand Secretariat and proposed the reduction of Formosa, which design was successfully carried out. Appointed Viceroy of Ghihli, he devoted himself to the improvement of the system of irrigation and of the waterways. He was employed in editing many of E^ang Hsi's editions of the Classics, and wrote many commentaries and other .works of his own on various branches of philosophical literature, founding in fact a new school of classical criticism. Canonised as ^ ^.

Ill Kuei ^%. 3rd and 4th cent. B.C. A Minister of the Wei