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monastery in Hunan, at the cost of mach suffering to the people. He was a good scholar, and fond of men of learning. Canonised

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1377 Lin YtL $1 S. C^- M )fif&)- A.D. 463-477. Adopted aon of Liu Ytl, whom he succeeded in 472 as seventh Emperor of the Liu Sung dynasty. He was soon slain by Hsiao Tao-ch^dng, one of the fotir Regents. The arrogant boy had found Hsiao sleeping naked in his house, and had insisted on shooting blunt arrows at a target which he painted on the Regent's belly. Known in history

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1378 Liu YtL ^ m^ (T. ^ |^). Died A.D. 1148. A natiTeof ^ Hfi

Fu-ch^Sng in Ghihli, whose ancestors were agricultural labourers. Graduating as chin shih^ he became a Censor, and by 1124 was Chief Justice in modern Shansi. The adyance of the Chin^ Tartars caused him to quit his post and take to flight; howeyer in 1128 he was appointed Prefect at Chi-nan in Shantung. As there were troubles in the proyince he applied for a transfer; at which the high authorities were disgusted, and promptly refused his request. He accordingly departed in high dudgeon; and when in the winter the Chin^ Tartars invested the city, he renounced his allegiance and took service with them. In 1180 he was proclaimed Emperor of the Great Gh4 dynasty, with his capital at Ta-ming, which he shifted in 1182 to E'ai-fiSng Fu in Honan. Alarmed by the suc- cesses of To Fei, he sent to the Chin^ Tartars for aid; but ere long he suffered an overwhelming defeat from the Imperialist troops ^ and was relegated by the Tartars to private life, with the title o:

1379 Liu YH-liBi ^ ^ ^ (T. ^ ^). A.D. 772-842. A native of Chihli, who graduated as chin ahUi and became a Censor. He was on terms of close intimacy with 3E >fe ^ Wang Shu-win; and when in 806 the Emperor Hsien Tsung came to the throne