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T6 Tsung. Devoting her life to study, she wrote the ^ f^ ^ Analects for Women and other works, and gained the title of "^ ^ ^t Female Scholar. She was posthumously honoared with the title of ^g^ A-

1886 Sung Lien ^^^ (T. ^ ^^). A.D. 1310-1381. A natire of Chin-hua in Chehkiang, who declined office and led a stodioiM life until in 1367 he went to Nanking as tutor to the Heir Apparent In 1369 he was appointed to edit the History of the Tikan Dynasty^ and he was also one of the chief framers of the ^^ ;^ j]^ ^, a dictionary arranged under 76 rhymes. Later on he became President of the Han-lin College, and for many years enjoyed the Emperor's confidence. In 1380 his grandson was concerned in the conspiracy of Hu Wei-yung, and only the Empress's entreaties saved his own life. He died on his way to banishment in Sstich'uan. Canonised

1837 Sung Lo ^ H (T. i^>fi|t. H. Jf ^). A.D. 1634-1714. A native of Honan, who entered the Body-guard at the age of U and rose to be President of the Board of Civil Office. A distinguished antiquarian, he published the ^ j^ ^ ^ , a series of notes on the events of his time, and the ^ ^ l^^f ^^ ^^ ^^ ^"^ history of poetry. He edited collections of the poems of some of his contemporaries, and re-issued, with additions and emendations, the commentary of jjfj^ j\^ Shih Yfian upon the poetry of Su Tung-p*o, which had gone out of print. He also wrote the |§ ^ ^ l5Ji, a treatise on ink, and the '(^ >5 W» ^^ certain remarkable stones discovered in Hupeh.

1838 Sung Te-i ^ ^ IC (T. i^ l^Y A.D. 1626-1687. A native of Ch^ang-chou in Eiangsu, who graduated as chin shih in 1655. In 1677, as President of the Censorate, he protested against the purchase of office and the prohibition of trade with foreign countries, and finally exhorted the Emperor not to study overmuch. Transferred