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^ Wu-an hill in Honan and ultimately entered the Buddhist priesthood. Before his accession Eublai Khan summoned Liu before him, and struck by his wide reading and knowledge consulted him on his wars. Liu pressed on him the necessity of reforming the administration, of promoting education, and of honouring Confucius. It was not howeyer until 1264 that Liu receiyed a place in the Cabinet. He then deyoted his whole energy to the goyemment, speaking freely on all subjects and bringing into notice many worthy men. He caused Peking to be made a capital, and in 1271 adyised the adoption of the dynastic title yf^ Ytlan. To him the Mongols owed the regulation of salaries, ceremonies, and official rank. He died suddenly when on a yisit to Xanadu, the summer residence of the Emperor, about 180 miles north of Peking. He was posthumously ennobled as Duke, and canonised as ^ jE* Liu Po-lung ^ "fj^ H . 5th cent. A.D. A poor official of the lUi Sung dynasty, who while arranging to inyest his money at ten per cent per month, heard the jeering laugh of a bogy alongside of him. He at once gaye up the pursuit of gain, declaring that it was better to be poor than to be laughed at by a deyil. He subsequently rose to high office. [The same story, with yariations, is told of one |[|| ^^j^ ^ Lung Po-kao.]

Liu Po-to ^J ^ H. 3rd cent. A.D. A natiye of Ho-tung, who 1345 was skilled in the preparation of a kind of whisky. It was so strong that a person who got drunk on it did not recoyer his senses for a month; and from being carried for sale to a great distance, it acquired the name of |^ f^ Crane Goblet. Some robbers, who broached a jar of this liquor and drank freely of it, were all rendered insensible, and the whole gang was easily captured.

Liu P*o-p*o ^J 1$ ^. Died A.D. 425. Son of Liu Wei.ch'«n 1346 (see Toba Kuei), Upon his father's defeat, he entered the serrice