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TBI Tsung. See (T'ang) Li Yil; (Ming) Chu CJh'i-ytL 1856 Tai T'ung ^^ (T. >flft jg). 13th cent. A.D. A native of Yung-chia in Chehkiang, who gradaated as chin shih in 1237 and was appointed to an office in the Imperial Academy, after which he became Governor of T^ai-chou in his natiye province. Then the Mongols prevailed, and Tai T^ung, unwilling to serve them, pleaded ill-health and in 1275 retired into private life. There he occupied himself with the composition of the ^ ^ ^ Sia Scriptiy an examination into the origin and development of writing, which according to some was published about A.D. 1250, but according to others not until as late as the year 1319. He was over eighty at his death.

1867 T*ai Chang ^^. An official employed by the Great Ytl, B.C. 2205, to measure the earth from east to west. See Shu Hat.

1868 T*ai Chiang :k:*^. One of the Six Ministers of the Yellow Emperor, B.C. 2698. He investigated the configuration of the earth.

1869 T*ai Chiang ;;Jk i|- The virtuous wife of Tan Pu, and grand- mother of the famous W6n Wang.

1860 T*ai Hung ^fc y3| • One of the Six Ministers of the YeUow Emperor, B.C. 2698. He investigated the western region.

1861 T*ai Jen ^ fi. 13th cent. B.C. The mother of the great W6n Wang.

1862 T*ai Kung ^^ or ^is^St^- The popular title of a high officer of State, named § |iS^ La Shang (T. -^ 3f )» ^^^ broke his sword and went into voluntary exile to escape the tyrannous rule of Chou Hsin, B.C. 1122. Some time afterwards, when W6n Wang was going out hunting, it was foretold that his quarry would be neither a dragon, nor a black horse, nor a tiger, nor a bear, but a great Prince's assistant. WSu Wang met T*ai Kung, then eighty years of age, engaged in fishing upon the banks of the Wei, and carried him away to be his chief counsellor. He continued

capacity under Wu Wang, whom he assisted to overthrow