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Rh T6-lin. He was so sickly a child and swallowed so mnch medicine that his grandmother insisted on naming him Po-yao = Pharmacopoeia, while his precocious cleyerness earned for him the sobriquet of the Prodigy. Entering upon a public career he neglected his work for gaming and drink, and after a short spell of office he retired. In 599 he was called to the capital and received his father's title of Duke, which was taken away from him in 605. He rose once more under the first two Emperors of the VFang dynasty who esteemed him highly and consulted him on all State matters. He completed the HUtory of the Northern ChH Dynasty from materials collected by his father. Canonised as J^.

Id Sang-O ^ ^ |||. Died A.D. 1686. Son of U Euo-han. He was distinguished as a general, and aided in suppressing the revolt of Wu San-kuei and in the subjugation of Ttlnnan.

Id Seng-hu ;l[|fi^^. 7th or 8th cent. A.D. A native of modern Nanking, whose father died when he was five years old, leaving no money to pay for decent funeral rites. At his own suggestion, his mother sold him for 2,000 ccuh , and duly performed the usual ceremonies; but the loss of her son caused her to weep herself blind. Thirty years later Li returned from his master in Sstich'uan, and sought out his mother. He prayed and fasted; and after cleansing his mouth licked her eyes, whereupon her sight vras restored.

Li Shan ^ ^. 7th cent. A.D. A native of Chiang-hsia in Hupeh. Though a profound scholar, he was unsuccessful in composition* Bnd was called iu consequence the ^ ^ Book Basket, t. ^. able bo hold the works of others but unable to produce anything of his own. About the year 660 be was Reader to the Prince of P^ei, and subsequently produced a commentary upon Hsiao T^ung*s great work, entitled the "^^^^ Becoming involved in a political intrigue he was banished to ^ Yao-chou in Yunnan,