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personal courage, and for services against the rebels at Ch'ang-sha he was made Governor of that district. He joined the league against Tang Gho, but afterwards withdrew, mostly on account of disputes over supplies. He was killed in an attack upon Liu Piao, leaving behind him four sons and one daughter, the last of whom married Liu Pei. His sou Sun Chilian, who became founder of the Wn dynasty, canonised him as "^ ^j| ^ ^.

1799 Sun Chih-tsn -^ ;^ H. (T. |^ ^). A native of Hangchow, who graduated as chin ahih in 1766, and served as a Censor. Author of the ^ ^ ^ ^, a work on the discrepancies in the yarioos editions of the famous work by Hsiao T^ung; and also of the ^ m %^> ^ hostile criticism on the now admittedly spurioas Family Sayings of Confucius.

1800 Sun Ching %^Si (T. ^^). 2nd cent. A.D. A natiye of Hsin-tu in Chihli, who was such an ardent student that at night he always tied his hair to a beam overhead, to prevent himself from dozing over his books. From his habit of bolting the door of his study to keep out intruders, he was popularly known as ^

1801 Sun Ch'o %^ (T. J^ ^ ). 4th cent. A.D. A poet of the Chin dynasty, who distinguished himself while quite a youth by his literary skill, and after some ten years and more spent in wandering over the mountains and lakes of Chehkiang became secretary to Ytl Liang. He subsequently rose to high office, and even ventured to oppose Huan W6n when the latter advocated the removal of the capital to Lo-yang. He was considered the foremost man of letters of his day, and had such a good opinion of his own powers « that he said if his verses were thrown down on the ground, they would ring like gold. He died at the age of 58.

1802 Sun Ch'u %^ (T. -^-^J). Died A.D. 282. A native of Ghung-tu in Shansi, who when quite young wished to become a