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460 to Eansuh. He early distinguished himself against the Tarfan, and in 766 received high military command. In 781 he assisted Ma Sai against T*ien Ti^eh, and the latter only escaped utter defeat because Li Sh^ng fell ill. Two years later he defended his sovereign against Ghn Tz'tl and Li Huai-kuang, and recaptured the capital. In 787 he was recalled from his command in Shensi, and was admitted to the Council of State. He protested in rain against the treaty with the Turfan which led to the capture of Hun Chan, and for the last six years of his life he was neglected by his master who nevertheless gave him a public funeral. Ennobled as Prince, and canonised as J^ ]^.

Li Shih ^ ^ (T. ^ il). Died A.D. 861. Eldest son of Li Shou, and sixth and last sovereign of the Ch*dng dynasty. He quarrelled with and slew his brother, and drove away all good counsellors. Licentious and tyrannical, he did nothing to nutigate the famines which resulted from his misgovernment and the consequent incursions of the savage Laos tribes. Huan W6n attacked him with a fleet, and in 847 he submitted to the Eastern Chin, receiving the title of ^ ^ ^ Marquis Returned to Allegiance.

Li Shih ^ ^. 10th cent. A.D. The wife of an official at Euo- chou in Honan, under the Later Chou dynasty. While passing through E*ai-f^ng Fu, on her way home with the dead body of her husband, the innkeeper at the house where she istopped rudely grasped her arm. Seizing a meat-chopper she immediately cut off the defiled limb; and on the case being reported to the Emperor she was well rewarded, and the innkeeper severely beaten.

Li Shih-Ohih ^^:^. Died A.D. 747. An Imperial clansman and a distinguished poet under the reign of the Emperor HsUan Tsung of the T'ang dynasty. He was one of the Eight Immortals of the Winecup (see Li Po)^ and was said to spend large sums of money on wine and to drink like a whale. After successfully