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father, on learning the reason, wished to put the woman away; but Min said, ^*If onr mother stays, one child will be cold; if she goes, three boys will be lonely.'* He was posthumously ennobled as Duke, and in A.D. 720 his tablet was placed in the Confucian Temple.

Min Ti. See (Han) Liu Hsieh; (Chin) Ssu-ma Yeh; (L. T'ang) Li Ts'ung-liai.

Ming Huang. See Li Long-ohi.

Ming Jm ^ ^ (T. ^ ^t). Died A.D. 1768. A military 1&34 official, who was sent in 1756 to hold a command in the arm/ of the West, where he greatly distinguished himself. For his share in putting down the Hi rebellion, he was ennobled as Duke, and in 1762 was appointed Governor of that territory. In 1767, he became Governor General of Ytlnnan and Eueichou, and Commander- in-chief of the army collected for the invasion of Burmah. After enormous exertions and a protracted attempt at invasion, he was defeated; and being compelled to retreat through the jungle with the remnant of his forces, he at length cut off his queue and gave it to an attendant to carry back to Peking as a token of his loyaliy, and then hanged himself from a tree. His servant wrapped his corpse in leaves, and it was ultimately conveyed to China. Canonised as ^ ^{| 1 and included in the Temple of Patriots. See Chao Hut. Ming Ti. See (Han) Liu Chnang; (Wei) Ts'ao Jui; (Chin)

Ssu-ma Shao; (E. Sang) Liu Ytl; (Ch'i) Hsiao Lnan; (N.

Chou) Yti-wen Yii.

Ming Tsung. See (L. T'ang) Li Ssu-ytian; (Ming) Chu

Tsai-hou.

Ming Yii-chen 5^ 3S ^ (or ^ Min). A.D. 1331-1366. A 1536

general under Hsii Shou-hui, who on account of famine in Hupeh,

led an expedition to SstLch^uan to obtain supplies. Finding the

people favourable to the overthrow of the Mongol dynasty, he took