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persuade Sa to return with them, and would take no refusal. When however on the following day they repaired to his hut, they found the door and window bolted inside, and the presents on the table, but Su had disappeared.

Suleiman, The Sultan. See Ta Wen-hsin.

1794 Sun Ch'ang-ju ^■^^. A scholar of the Sung dynasty, noted for his vast collection of books, which earned for him the sobriquet of ^^^ ]^ Library Sun. In A.D. 1015 he was made Magistrate of ^ Hsfln-chou in Euangsi, and subsequently rose to an important office in the household of the Heir Apparent.

1795 Sun Ch'i-feng ^ ^ H (T. >^ ^ and ^ 7C- H. ^ ^). A.D. 1583—1675. A native of Jung-ch'Sng in Ghihli. He passed the examination for fisiu ts^ai when only thirteen years of age, and graduated as chu jen in 1600; but disgusted with the prospects of the Ming dynasty, clouded by the development of eunuch dominion, he devoted himself to a life of study and retirement. Often invited to take office by Emperors both of the Ming and Ch'ing dynasties, he ever steadfastly declined; though in 1636 he did take part in the successful defence of Jung-ch*§ng against Li Tzti-ch'£ng. He is one of the most famous masters of Confucian ethics, and his works on the Four Soaks etc. have been recommended to students by Chang Chih-tung. He also wrote on Ceremonial, and published the lives of eleven famous Confucianists. He is known as ^ ^ -^q ijl, from having taught in the college of that name near Soochow during the last twenty-five years of his life, and in 1828 he wbm admitted into the Confucian Temple.

1796 Sun Cbla-kan -^ ^ ^ (T. ^ ^ and ^ ^). A.D. 1683-

1753. A native of T'ai-yiian iii Sbansi. At the age of sixteen he slew in prison the murderer of his elder brother, who seemed likely to escape punishment through the aid of influential friends. He and another brother then fled, and managed to cover about 100 miles