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 488 History of the Wei Dynasty, A.D. 386—550; and on completing the work he became Vice President of the Board of Rites, a post he regained in 650 after a chequered career in the inter ral. He was altimately ennobled as Duke, and canonised as

Ling-hu Ts'e ^ $( ^ . 4th cent. A.D. A graduate under the Chin dynasty, who dreamt that he was standing on ice and talking to some one down below. This was interpreted to mean that he would be a good marriage go-between, in which capacity he was afterwards employed. Hence the term ^ ^ ice-man = go-between.

Ling Lun f^ j^. One of the Assistants of the Yellow Emperor, and the reputed in?entor of the art of music. He journeyed to the north of the E^un-lun mountains, west of Tocharia, and there obtained certain bamboos. These he cut into twelve tubes of varying lungtlis, and arranged a system under which each month corresponded with one tube, so that the dates of the seasons could be determined thereby.

Ling Ti. See Liu Hung.

Ling T4ng-k*an /^^i^ (T. 3>C#)- A.D. 1755-1809. A niitive of Auhui, who went into trade at the age of twelve and remained thus employed until he was twenty-two. Meanwhile he luul managed to pick up some education, and had taught himself how to write poetry by a close study of the T'ang poets. In 1790 he took his degree and became OflScer of Education in Anhui. He was the autlior of essays and biographies, and also of a work on music; but ho chiefly distinguished himself by his writings on the ethical value of ceremonial observances.

Ling Wang ^ ^. Feudal suzerain of the Chou dynasty from B.C. 571 to 544. He was said to have been born with a beard.

Liu An ^J ^. Died B.C. 122. Grandson of the founder of the Han dynasty, and Prince of Huai-nan. Commonly known as Jf|| f^ -^ Huai-nan Tztt. Fond of books, his studies lay in the