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Rh Lin of Yung, Prince ^ BE ]^. Born A.D. 678. A son of the Emperor Hsfian Tsung of the T^ang dynasty, by a concubine. He lost his mother in early youth, and was brought up with the Emperor Su Tsung. Studious and cleyer, he was extremely ill- favoured and had a squint. On the reYolt of An Lu-shan in 751 he was appointed Commissioner for the greater part of the empire south of the Tang-tsze. He raised a vast army at Nanking, but his head was turned and he began to harbour treasonable designs on his own account. In 756 he broke into open rebellion. His resistance however was of short duration. Overcome by the Imperialist troops, he fled towards the Poyang lake where he was soon captured and slain.

Ling Of Chin, Duke ^ ^. 6th cent. B.C. Notorious for having slain his cook because a dish of bear*8-paws had not been properly cooked.

Ling Fen ^^- A famous soothsayer of antiquity, mentioned in the H ^ Li Sao by Gh'ii YUan.

Ling-hu T*ao ^ $( i^ (T. -^^ it! )• ^^^ ^^^' ^-D- Graduating as chin shih, he entered the public service, and rose by 847 to be a Doctor in the Han-lin College. He used often to be employed late at night in the palace, advising his Majesty, who would send him home in a sedan-chair, escorted by servants carrying torches fixed in gilt handles carved to resemble lotus-leaves. He was ennobled as Duke, and after an honourable career died at the age of seventy-eight.

Ling-hu Te-fen ^^^^' A.D. 583-666. A native of Hua-yflan in Shensi, who rose to high office under the founder of the T^ang dynasty. At his suggestion the records of previous dynasties were sought out and acquired, and he was specially entrusted with the preparation of the History of the Northern Chou Dynasty, A.D. 557—581. In 629 he was appointed to revise the