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Rh to Eansuh. In spite of his age, he made his way thither with only one seryant, the people stopping their business to escort him; and when the officials cnt off his allowance of food, the literati kept him supplied. On the fall of lin Chin in 1510, he was re-instated and permitted to retire. The fame of his loyalty and seal for the public good reached Korea and Annam, and the envoys of those countries constantly made enquiries about him. Canonised as J^ ^ • Iiiu T8*an ^^. Died A.D. 818. Son and successor of Liu 1357 Ts*ung. He belied the great promise of his youthi and proved a most dissolute ruler. Slain by his &YOurite ^ ip Chin Chun. Liu Tsuan ^^. A.D. 189-147. Great great grandson of 1358 Liu Ta. He was placed on the throne by Liang Chi in 146 as ninth Emperor of the Eastern Han dynasty, and in the' following year was poisoned out of spite by the same statesman. Canonised

Liu T8*ung ^ q| or Liu Tsai ^ (T. tc Hf ). Died 1359 A.D. 318. Fourth son of Liu Yflan. In his youth he visited the capital, and gained the friendship of several eminent scholars such as Chang Hua and Yo Euang. On the death of his £ftther he killed his elder brother and seised the throne, marched against Lo-yang, and after defeating the Imperial forces with great slaughter captured the Emperor Huai Ti, whom he caused to be poisoned in 312. His successor, the Emperor Min Ti, submitted in 316 on the approach of Liu Ts*ung to Ch'ang-an, where he had been proclaimed. When he died, the Han State held all Shansi, except the extreme north, and Shensi, and it stretched south to the j^ Lo river and east to the plain of Chihli and Shantung. His Minister, ^ TC ^ Ch^dn Yiian-ta, boldly reproved him for wasting the public resources in building and war, and only escaped death by the remonstrances of Liu's wife. Canonised as ^ "^ ^, with the temple name of ^j| ^.