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O-erh-t'ai ^ ^^ (T. ^^). Died A.D. 1745. An Impeiul clansman, who graduated as chu jen in 1699 and soon after became a secretary in the Imperial household. Rising by 1725 to be Viceroy of Yunnan and Eueichou, he busied himself with the local aborigines, striving to bring their territories under the Chinese administntiTe system. After several revolts, which he pot down with greai severity, he quelled all opposition right up to the Laos border, tribute being duly paid by the Shan States in 1730. In 1782 he was ennobled as Baron, and became President of the Board of War and Member of the Grand Council. For the rest of Yung Chtog's reign he was chief favourite and adviser, and to him alone were entrusted the Emperor's dying commands. The Emperor Ch^en Lung also treated him with extreme consideration, and at death accorded him a place in the Imperial Temple.

O Huang ^^. Sister to Nil Ying, and one of the two daughters of the Emperor Yao, B.C. 2357, who gave them both in marriage to his successor,' the virtuous Shun. When their husband died and was buried near the river Hsiang^, they wept so copionsly over his grave that their tears speckled the bamboos growing near, thus giving rise to the variety known as the speckled bamboo. Hence the two ladies are spoken of as ]^ ^ ^•

O-kuei |S| ;($ (T. ^ g. H. ^ H). A.D. 1717-1797. Graduated as chtt jen in 1738, and became secretary in a Board. In 1748 he went on the campaign against the rebels in Chin-ch'uan; and later on earned a name for himself by suppressing a Mongol rebellion in Uliasut^ai, and in 1754 became Assistant Military Governor of Hi. In 1758 he was stationed at Tarbagatai, and in