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726 which he distinguished himself by his judicial acumen and his energetic measures against immoral establishments, he was iatrodaced to the Empress Wu Hon by Lai Chfln-ch'^n and soon rose to favour. It was through his influence that the Empress appointed Prince 廬陵 Lü-ling to be Heir Apparent, and set aside her own favourite, Wu San-ssti; for he pointed out that aunts have no place in the ancestral temple where mothers are enshrined for ever. On one occasion the Empress informed him that he had been denounced, and asked if he wished to know the name of his accuser. duty to amend my conduct; if not, so much the better for me. I have no desire to learn who has accused me.** He was a filial son; and at his mother's deaths white birds — in the garb of mourning! — came and nested around her tomb. He was ennobled as Duke, and canonised as ^ ]S.
 * lf your Majesty thinks I have erred," he replied, "it will be my

Ti Ping. See ChM Ping.

1912 T*i-ying ^^ ^. The heroic daughter of Ch'un-ya I, who when her father was sentenced in B.C. 167 to mutilation, threw herself at the Emperor's feet and pointed out that the family had no male issue, at the same time offering to become a public bondservant in his place. Her father was pardoned.

1913 Tiao Ch'an |g ^. 2nd cent. A.D. A singing-girl in the establish- ment of Wang Ytln. The latter is said to have presented her, at her own instigation, to Tung Cho, and then to have told Li! Po that she had been really intended for him but that Tung Cho had carried her off. By this device Lil Pu was so inflamed with anger that he readily consented to carry out the murder of Tung Cho.

19U Tien Mu ^-p|. The Goddess of Lightning, known in Taoist books fts ^ ^ ^ Hsiu W§n-ying. She holds a looking-glass in her hand, with which she flashes a ray of light on to the intended victim, thus enabling the God of Thunder to strike. See Lei Kung.