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caused the distillation of spirits to be prohibited in 1301; as a compensation, the rigour of the fishing and hunting laws was' relaxed. Canonised as J^ ^.

Ting Chieh T ,1* (T. ^ Hg and 4^/E). Graduated in A.D. 1930 1781, and was the author of commentaries on the Canon of Changes and the Book of Rites j as well as of a collection of essays. Ting Ho-nien f ^ ^ (T. ^ J^). A.D. 1335 -U24. A 1931 celebrated Mahomedan poet, whose ancestors came from Central Asia, his grandfather having served under Eublai Khan, flis father lived and died at Wu-ch*ang in Hupeh; and when that city was attacked in 1364 by the Mings, the son fled with his mother to Chinkiang. There she died, and for five years he abstained from regular food; hence he is sometimes spoken of as 'J' ^ -^ Ting the Filial. Thence he proceeded to Chehkiang; but from dread of Fang Euo-chSn he went on to Eiangsi, where he remained ten years. By this time the empire was once more at peace, and he was invited to return to Wu-ch^ang and take office; but amid the ruins of his old home he could only think of the deposed dynasty his family had served so long, and gave vent to his sorrow and his patriotism in a collection of poems known as the j^ ^ ^. Towards the close of his life he became a devout Buddhist, and lived in a hut by his father's grave.

Ting Hsien-Chih T fill ^ • 8th cent. A.D. A native of ^ 1932 ^ Ch*ii-o in Eiangsu, who graduated as chin shih and was distinguished as a poet and official under the T^ang dynasty. Ting I T ^ (T. IE fl^ )• 2ud and 3rd cent. A.D. A native 1933 of P^ei in modern Eiangsu, who was blind of one eye. His abilities however were of a high order, and the great Ts^ao Ts^ao, his patron, decided to take him as son-in-law. To this Ts^ao P'ei demurred, on the ground that his sister might object; but Ts'ao Ts'ao roared out that even if Ting I had no eyes at all the girl should marry