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counsels of reform. Rising to be the Vice President of a Board, he was sent as special Commissioner to organise the defence of Anhui against the T'ai-p4ngs, and was slain at the taking of §^ ^ Sha-ch'6ng. Canonised as ^ ^.

LH Hui 3 ^ (T. ||( '^). Died A.D. 107L A native of E'ai- 1445 fdng in Honan, who graduated as chin shih^ and entering the public service rose to be secretary in the Board of War and Director of the Censorate. His opposition, however, to Wang An-shih and his "innovations" brought him into disfavour, and he was dismissed to a provincial post, where he died.

LH I-ohien g H f|$ (T. jB fi). Died A.D. 1044. A native 1446 of ^ Shou-chou in Anhui, who graduated as chin shih and rose to the highest ofiBces of State under the Emperor Jen Tsung of the Sung dynasty. When the Empress Dowager died, he and the 'Emperor planned to get rid of the ofiScials who had been her trusted servants; but this coming to the ears of the Empress, she was very angry, and in the end L^ himself had to retire. Within a year he was re-instated; which so enraged the Empress that she proceeded to smack the face of one of the Emperor's favourite concubines. In her rage, however, she missed her aim and hit the Emperor himself, who went off and complained to his Ministers of State, showing to them the marks of the Empress's nails on his neck. LQ resigned, and the Empress was deposed. He and Wang Ts'fing were afterwards employed together, but they quarrelled so incessantly that both had to retire. Ennobled as Duke, and canonised as ^^.

Lli Kuang g 3fe (T. ift |^ ). Died A.D. 399. The son of a 1447 high officer under Fu Chien, who rose to -be a Generaf and for assisting in extinguishing the first Yen State, was ennobled as Marquis. In 352 he was sent against the refractory tribes in Tnrkestan, and advanced successfully to Harashar and Kuchabt