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1772—1856. A distingruished Peking official, who was tutor to the Emperors Tao Euang and Hsien Fdng. He was an Assistant Grand Secretary from 1839 until after the war with Great Britain, when he incurred the Emperor's displeasure by advising that Lin Tsft-hsfl should be sent back to Canton. Canonised as ^ j^.

T'ang Ching-sung ^^^. 19th cent. A.D. A native of Euangsi, who graduated as chin shih in 1865, and rose by 1885 to be Taot^ai in Formosa and Treasurer in 1891. In 1894, when war had broken out with Japan, he was appointed Assistant Defence Commissioner under Admiral >^ ||^ ^ ^ang Ch4-chdn who had previously distinguished himself in Tongking; and in October of that year he became Acting Governor. In May 1895 the Chinese in Formosa, refusing to be handed over to Japan, appointed him President of the Formosan Republic, with Tcheng Ei-tong as Minister for Foreign Affairs. Seeing however that he could not hold the island, he fled about a month later, the German gun- vessel litis silencing the Tamsui forts while a German steamer conveyed him safely away. He proceeded to Amoy and then on to Shanghai, and shortly afterwards was ordered to retire. T*ang Ch*iung ^ ^. A cha jen of Eueichou, who kept his 1S78 District in Sstlch'uan free from the T^ai-p'ing rebels, and by his good administration earned the nickname ^ ^ ^ T^ang the Peace-giver. In 1883 he had risen to be Governor of Tflnnan, but in 1885 was sentenced to death for having returned to his province in the previous year instead of fighting the French. At the end of 1886 he was sent to assist in Yunnan, without pay; and in 1887 he was put in charge of the Yilnnan mines, with the brevet rank of Governor.

T*ang Chti ^ ^, A famous physiognomist of old. 1879

T'ang Ho ^5(5d (T. iRig). A.D. 1326-1395. A native of 1880 Hao-chou in Anhui, who joined Chu Y^an-chang in 1353 and