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558 Honest and mild in disposition, he is regirded as the bert of tte Ministers who served under the fonnder of the Sang dynasty. He kept a private list of all competent men, and thus he was alwijB able at a moment's notice to fill any vacant post. In 1008 Im retired with the title of Duke, and spent the last yean of his li& in compiling the ^ ^ gQ J^, a work on tilie nomerical categoiuii Canonised as ^ ^ •

1464 Lil Pu g ^ (T. ^ ^). Died A.D. 198. A native of ^ |g Chin-ytlan, who distinguished himself as a military commandv towards the close of the Han dynasiy. Having gained the repotalioi of a brave and energetic soldier, renowned for his skill as i spearman and archer, he entered the service of "J* f^ l^g Yfan who treated him like a son. He joined in Ho Chin's conspini^ against the eunnchs; and then, at the instigation of Tnng Cho, he assassinated Ting Yuan and was forthwith taken into hi^ favour. He soon afterwards succeeded in rousing Tung Cho*s angv by an intrigue with one of his servant-girls, and in a fit of temper Tung Cho threw a halberd at him. Resentment and fear led him to listen to the proposals of Wang Ytln, then in search of a tool by means of which he might accomplish the death of Tnng Cho (see Tiao Ch^an), Thus he slew his second chief, for which service he was made a Marquis. Pursued by the adherents of Tnng Cho, he fled first to Yuan Shu and then to his brother, Ytlan Shao. The latter soon grew to hate him, upon which he became an adventurer. At one time he was a supporter of Liu Pei; at another, his active enemy. Finally he was captured by Ts'ao Ts^ao, and put to death.

1465 Lii Pu-wei g :^ ^. Died B.C. 235. A native of the Wei State, according to some; of the Han State, according to others. He lived as a merchant at Han-tan, the capital of the Chao State; and there made the acquaintance of I-jen, one of the twenty illegitimate sons of the Heir Apparent to the Ch4n State. I-jen