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Liu Yin-Bhu fl [g ti (T- # 4 •'^^ Sr^H. ^ « T)- A.D. 1636-1723. A natiTe of ^ ^ Han-ch'tog in Shenm, wlio graduated as chin thih in 1676, and after serring with great credit as Censor and Taot'ai was dismissed for disagreeing with fau superiors over a murder case. At his home he earned fiune faj public works, especially by placing a chain to fiacilitate the passage of the Lung-mSn Gorge of the Yellow River. In 1708 the Emperor E'ang Hsi, meeting him on one of his tours, re-instated him; and in 1708 he was made Governor of Eueiehou, where his wise administration endeared him to all classes. In 1714 he was sent to investigate the position at Hami, which was then attacked by Ts^fi Wang Arabtan; and for advising merely the garrisoniiig of that place and a waiting policy, he was sentenced to deatii. His sentence was commuted to banishment, and after three years he was recaUed; and in 1722 he occupied the highest seat at the banquet given to a thousand old men to celebrate the 60th full year of the Emperor's reign. Author of two works on the Spring and Autumn AnnaU and the Canon of Changes f and of a collection of essays entitled ^ ^ ^ ^ ^.

Lia Ying ^ ^. B.C. 205—188. Eldest son of Liu Pang, whom be succeeded in 194 as second Emperor of the Han dynasty. He was soon deprived of all power by his mother (see Lu Hou)^ and remained a virtual nonentity until his death. Canonised as ^

Liu Ying ^ ^. Born A.D. 4. Great great grandson of lia Hsifln. He was placed upon the throne in A.D. 6 as thirteenth sovereign of the Han dynasty by Wang Mang, who deposed him in A.D. 9 with the title of ^ ^ ^. Is known in history as

Liu Yu ^ ^. A.D. 98—125. Grandson of Liu Ta, and second cousin to Liu Lung whom be succeeded in 106 as sixth Emperor