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An Lu-shan, whose fellow-coantryman he was, in his campaign against the Eitans. After the rebellion and death of An Lu-shan, he remained for some time openly in opposition to his son An Ching-hsU bnt secretly leaning towards the rebel side; and at length in 759 he threw off his allegiance, put An ChHng-hsti to death, and proclaimed himself Emperor under the title of |^ ^ ^ ^ of the Great Yen dynasty. He ennobled his eldest son Shih ^ ^ Ghao-i as Prince, but in consequence of a severe defeat suffered by the latter, he disinherited him in favour of his younger son Shih ^ ^ Chao-ch4ng. The elder son, resenting this, plotted his destruction; and he was shot in the back when in the act of mounting his horse. As he fell, he was seized and put to death by strangling. His body was wrapped in a piece of felt and sent to the capital, and Shih Chao-i reigned in his stead; but in 762 he too was overthrown and put to death, and their four-year old dynasty came to an end.

Shih Ta-k*ai ^ ^ ^. Originally a Well-to-do native of the 1729 District of ^ "^uei in Euangsi, he was driven to subscribe to the fund collected for the T^ai-p'ing rebellion, and was appointed an Assistant Prince. In 1868, when the great rebellion was practically at an end, Shih Ta-k*ai led a large body of his troops into Sstich^uan; but he was defeated in several engagements and ultimately taken prisoner by the Imperialist forces under Lo Ping-chang, aided by bands of Lolds who helped to surround the rebels and reduce them to starvation. Shih Ta-k*ai was conveyed to Ch*4ng-tu and put to death by the lingering process.

Shih T*ien-ni ^^^ (T. 5(50 "^ )• Died A.D. 1225. Elder 1730 brother of Shih T4en-tsd. At his birth a white vapour was seen to permeate the house, and when he grew up he was so handsome that a Taoist priest declared he would one day rise to the highest honours. He was very fond of study, but in 1211 he failed to take