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496 Tnng-yang and ^ ^ Hsieh Ch^en, charging ihem to train Dp his sQCcessor to govern well. The three Regents at once set abont the reforms to which their late master hail assented; bat the young Emperor Wu Tsang fell quickly under the sway of the eunuch Liu Chin who encouraged him to take his fill of pleasure, and the Regents' remonstrances were left unanswered until at last the Emperor promised to send the eunuchs to Nanking. This intention was however revealed by ^ ^ Chiao Tai, the unworthy successor of Ma WSn-shSng, and by tears and entreaties the Emperor was induced to retain them. They engrossed all power, and in 1507 published a list of 53 traitors, headed by the ex-Regents Liu Chien and Li Tung-yang. Two years later Liu Chien was cashiered, and his property confiscated. His honours were restored on the execution of Liu Chin in 1510. In 1522 the new Emperor Shib Tsung sent to ask after his health, comparing him with Sstl-ma Euang and Wdn Yen-po. Canonised as ^ d||.

Liu Chih ^ ;g. A.D. 133-168. Great grandson of Liu Ta. He was placed on the thrpne by Liang Chi in 147 as tenth Emperor of the Eastern Han dynasty. The early part of his reign was troubled by intrigue and conspiracy, and several eminent men were put to death (see Li Ku). Floods, famine, and pestilence, coupled with frequent Tartar raids, vexed the last years of a reign which was neither happy nor prosperous. In 158 an embassy from India reached the Chinese Court. Canonised as

Liu Chih-snian ^ ^ |g. Died A.D. 948. A poor orphan, of a tribe of Turkic Tartars, who distinguished himself as a soldier under the Later T^ang and Chin dynasties. When the Eitans took Pien-chou, he was Governor of Ho-tung (modern Shansi); and he immediately collected an army, and by harassing their rear ultimately forced them to retreat. Raised by his soldiers to the vacant throne,